Editing Uppland Regiment (section)

== History ==
[[File:Plansch med uniform för Upplands regemente för åren 1765-1845.jpg|thumb|left|Uniforms of the regiment, 1765-1845. [[Lithography]] by [[Adolf Ulrik Schützercrantz]]]]
The regiment has its origins in [[fänika|fänikor]] (companies) raised in Uppland in the 1550s and 1560s. In 1617, these units&mdash;along with fänikor from the nearby provinces of [[Dalarna]] and [[Västmanland]]&mdash;were organised by [[Gustav II Adolf]] into [[Upplands storregemente]], of which eight of the total 24 companies were recruited in Uppland. Upplands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Uppland Regiment was one. Sometime around 1623, the grand regiment was permanently split into 3 smaller regiments, of which Uppland Regiment was one.

The regiment was officially raised in 1626 although it had existed since 1623. Upplands regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish [[constitution]] of 1634. The regiment's first commander was [[Nils Brahe]]. It was [[Swedish allotment system|allotted]] in 1682 as one of the first regiments to be so.

The regiment was given the designation I 8 (8th Infantry Regiment) in a [[general order]] in 1816. Uppland Regiment was renamed Uppland Infantry Regiment in 1904 to distinguish it from [[Uppland Artillery Regiment]]. The regiment was garrisoned in [[Uppsala]] from 1912. In 1928, the regiment regained its old name. The regiment was disbanded in 1957. The signal regiment [[Uppland Regiment (signals)|Uppland Signal Regiment]] was renamed to Uppland Regiment in 1974, but does not trace its origins from the original regiment, even though the victory names have been transferred to it.