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Titel: Swedish Cavalry and Stromsholm Riding Academy
Skrivet av: Hans Högman skrivet 2003-10-13, 10:48: Hi Kurt,
There has been a regiment in the province of Jämtland called the Jämtland Dragon Regiment (Jämtlands dragonregemente). However, this regiment wasn't mounted except for a cavalry company. This company became known as the Jämtland Mounted Rifle Company (Jämtlands hästjägarkompani).
In 1770 the name of the regiment was changed to the Jämtland Infantry Regiment (Jämtlands infanteriregemente) and in 1820 to the Jämtland Rifle Regiment (Jämtlands fältjägarregemente).
Between 1853 and 1892 the regiment was reduced to a corps and carried the name the Jämtland Rifle Corps

The Mounted Rifle Company received the name the Jämtland Mounted Rifle Squadron (Jämtlands hästjägarskvadron) in 1802 and in 1843 the Jämtland Mounted Rifle Corps (Jämtlands hästjägarkår). The Mounted Rifle Corps was separated from the Jämtland Rifle Regiment in 1853 and formed an independent unit.
The Mounted Rifle Corps was reorganized into an enlisted regiment (värvat regemente) in 1892 and was named The Norrland Dragoon Regiment (Norrlands dragonregemente, K8). At this time the regiment moved from Jämtland to the city of Umeå in the province of Västerbotten.

In 1927 the Norrland Dragoon Regiment was consolidated with the Crown Prince's Hussar regiment and the new regiment received the name the Norrland Dragoon Regiment, K4.
In 1958 they carried the name the Norrland Dragoons (Norrlands dragoner) and in 1980 once again the Norrland Dragoon Regiment. In 1980 the regiment moved to Arvidsjaur, province of Lappland.

So, if your grandfather was a horseman in a cavalry unit between 1893 and 1903 it couldn't have been in Jämtland since this cavalry unit moved from Jämtland in 1892.
Hans Högman