Båtsmän Gustaf (Bodin) Hök

[Diana Mundle]

I've found from parish birth records that my GGreat Grandfather Gustaf Hellman Bodin born 1828 in Nätra parish is listed as Båtsmän Gustaf Hök for all his children, which indicates he was in the Navy. Where and how do I find his military record?

[Berit Tjernberg]

Diana,
On this side, www.gstromberg.nu I found following:
 
Arnäs
 
 
Rote 146 Hök  
Ordinarie båtsmän
 
2214621: Bodin, Gustaf Hellman
Född 1828 i Hålviken, Nätra.
Antagen som ordinarie båtsman 1850, (22 år gammal).
Avsked 1866, (38 år gammal)..  
Gift 1851 med Anna Elisabeth Ersdr. Född 1825 i Västerlandsjö.
 
And here you can read about Navy (Båtsmän)
 
http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slsoldat_eng.htm#Navy
 
Kind regards / Berit

[Diana Mundle]

Berit, can you help me with a little translation?
Does Röte mean regiment?  
And does Antagen mean entered (service)? I have the rest of it figured out. Thank you for you help.
Diana

[Berit Tjernberg]

Diana,
The meaning of Rote:
 
The system of recruiting båtsmän was very similar to the system of recruiting soldiers in the infantry. A number of farmers in coastal areas formed a rote and had to recruit a båtsman and provide him with a croft (båtmanstorp) and a uniform
 
Antagen means recruited and accepted. I hope this will be right, I?m not so good in these special terms in English.
 
Best regards / Berit

[Judy Olson Baouab]

Hi Diana,
 
To add to the excellent explanation provided by Berit, the SweGGate website has several glossaries of its own and links to even more glossaries created by others.
 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~swewgw/sweggate.htm
 
Click on Dictionary on the home page. On that page go down to rote and click on Read more to get more information about rote.
 
That website I just mentioned has a section on the Military. Follow this pathway.
 
Themes --> Military
 
Judy

[Diana Mundle]

Berit and Judy, I cannot thank you all here at this site enough. I have learned so much from you all.
Diana