Editing Norrbotten Regiment (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Västerbotten Regiment#History}}
The regiment was created in 1841 when [[Västerbotten Regiment|Västerbotten Field Jäger Regiment]] was split into two corps units of [[battalion]] size, one of them being Norrbotten Field Jäger Corps. The unit was upgraded to regimental size and renamed Norrbotten Regiment in 1892. The regiment had its training grounds at various places in Norrbotten, but was eventually garrisoned in Boden in 1907. A [[Ski warfare|ski]] battalion was created in 1910, and in 1943 this ski battalion was split off from the regiment, later becoming The Army Ranger School and in 1975 [[Lapland Ranger Regiment]].

The regiment merged with the [[Norrbotten Armoured Battalion]] (P 5) in 1975 to form Norrbotten Regiment with Norrbotten Armoured Battalion, designated I 19/P 5. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was then merged with the wartime-organised [[Norrbotten Brigade]], and designated MekB 19. In 2000, the unit was reorganised once again, and was redesignated back to its old designation I 19 despite being an armoured regiment, the name was also changed back to Norrbotten Regiment.