Fifes & Drums of the Royal Guards
 
 
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Welcome to my home. My name is Peder Peterson. I'm 27 years old and I live in Uppsala, Sweden.
On the painting to the left I am wearing my parade uniform of the Royal Guards (Kungliga Svea Lifgarde) from 1885. This uniform is still in active use at the Foot Guards and a similar light blue one at the Horse Guards.


 
This page is devoted to the Fifes & Drums of the Royal Guards based at the First Mechanized Infantry Regiment in Stockholm Sweden.

The Fifes & Drums has a long heritage beginning in 1521 when the new King Gustaf Vasa entered our capital Stockholm after defeating the Danes. The regiment was formed in 1523. The history of fifes and drums in the infantry begins with ...

This is a picture taken in Ehingen during our tour in southern Germany the summer of 1996.

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More pages:
  • Uniforms of the Guards
  • Equipment
  • Pictures
  • Army ranks and insignia
 
Favourite links
 

Royal Guards
Our regiment in Stockholm


Royal Guards Drum Corps
Our old and rather crappy homepage from 1995.


Swedish Armed Forces

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