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| branch = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Denmark}} [[Royal Danish Army]]
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| type = [[Mechanized infantry]]
| role = [[Maneuver warfare]]<br />[[Raid (military)|Raiding]]<br />[[Reconnaissance]]
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| motto = ''In Actis Esto Volucris'' (Be swift in action)
| motto = ''In Actis Esto Volucris'' (Be swift in action)
| colours = [[File:Stable belt GHR.png|Stable belt GHR|80px]]<br /><br />[[File:Stable belt SPESK.PNG|80px]] (Used by III. Bataljon at Bornholm )
| colours = [[File:Stable belt GHR.png|Stable belt GHR|80px]]<br /><br />[[File:Stable belt SPESK.PNG|80px]] (Used by III. Bataljon at Bornholm)
| colours_label = [[Stable belt|Regimental belt]]
| colours_label = [[Stable belt|Regimental belt]]
| march = Garderhusarregimentets Signalmarch {{audio|Garderhusarregimentets Signal March.ogg|Play}}
| march = Garderhusarregimentets Signalmarch {{audio|Garderhusarregimentets Signal March.ogg|Play}}
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| notable_commanders = Peder Aalborg<br />Caspar Hermann Gottlieb [[Moltke]]
| notable_commanders = Peder Aalborg<br />Caspar Hermann Gottlieb [[Moltke family|Moltke]]
| ceremonial_chief = [[Margrethe II of Denmark|HM The Queen of Denmark]]
| ceremonial_chief = [[Frederik X|HM The King]]
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| identification_symbol = [[File:GHR Colours.svg|150px]]
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The '''Guard Hussar Regiment''' ({{lang-da|Gardehusarregimentet, GHR}}) is a [[cavalry]] unit of the [[Royal Danish Army]], whose primary task is to train the Guard Hussars for various functions in the mobilisation force.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guard Hussars |url=http://www.visitsydvestsjaelland.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/oplevelser/attraktioner/garderhusarerne/gardehusar.htm |access-date=July 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513005919/http://www.visitsydvestsjaelland.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/oplevelser/attraktioner/garderhusarerne/gardehusar.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Guard Hussar Regiment is one of two active cavalry regiments of the [[Danish Army]], and was formed in 2001 through the amalgamation of the original Guard Hussars regiment, [[Sjællandske Livregiment|Zealand Life Regiment]] and [[Danish Life Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Regimentets historie |url=http://forsvaret.dk/GHR/Om%20GHR/Historisk/Pages/default.aspx |website=forsvaret.dk/GHR |publisher=Gardehusarregimentet |access-date=28 September 2018 |language=da}}</ref>
The '''Guard Hussar Regiment''' ({{lang-da|Gardehusarregimentet, GHR}}) is a [[cavalry]] unit of the [[Royal Danish Army]], whose primary task is to train the Guard Hussars for various functions in the mobilisation force.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guard Hussars |url=http://www.visitsydvestsjaelland.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/oplevelser/attraktioner/garderhusarerne/gardehusar.htm |access-date=July 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513005919/http://www.visitsydvestsjaelland.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/oplevelser/attraktioner/garderhusarerne/gardehusar.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Guard Hussar Regiment is one of two active cavalry regiments of the Danish Army, and was formed in 2001 through the amalgamation of the original Guard Hussars regiment, [[Zealand Life Regiment]] and [[Danish Life Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Regimentets historie |url=http://forsvaret.dk/GHR/Om%20GHR/Historisk/Pages/default.aspx |website=[[forsvaret.dk]] |publisher=Gardehusarregimentet |access-date=28 September 2018 |language=da}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Structure==
==Structure==


=== Current units: ===
=== Current units ===
Today the Gardehusarregiment is classed as a cavalry regiment, it is in fact a mixed armoured and infantry unit, with three battalions:
Today the Gardehusarregiment is classed as a cavalry regiment, it is in fact a mixed armoured and infantry unit, with three battalions:
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* [[File:GHR Shield 1.svg|25px]] '''1st Battalion''' – Armoured Infantry (part of 1st Brigade) '''motto:''' ''Hurtig i tanke og handling, livsfarlig for sine fjender (''Quick in thought and action, deadly to his enemies'')''
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** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 1Staff.svg|25px]] Staff Company (SLEIPNER) '''motto:''' ''Altid Klar'' (Always Ready)
** [[File:Emblem for the 1-I-GHR.svg|25px]] 1st Armoured Infantry Company (1/I/GHR or VIDAR) '''motto:''' ''Når storm lægger sig raser vi stadig'' (When the storm subsides we rage one)
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** [[File:Emblem for the 2-I-GHR.svg|25px]] 2nd Mechanised Infantry Company (2/I/GHR or ULTRA) '''motto:''' ''Non plus ultra'' (Nothing further beyond)
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** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] 4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/I/GHR) (inactive)
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* [[File:GHR Shield 3.svg|25px]] '''3rd Battalion''' – Reconnaissance (part of 2nd Brigade) '''motto:''' ''Nec temere nec timide'' (Neither random nor timidly)
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** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 3Staff.svg|25px]] Staff Platoon (Inactive)
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** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 1 LOPKESK.svg|25px]] 1st Light Reconnaissance Squadron (1 LOPKESK)
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** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 2LOPKESK.svg|25px]] 2nd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (2 LOPKESK)
** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] 3rd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (inactive)
** [[File:Emblem for the Danish 4th Marine Squadron.jpg|25px]] Marine Squadron (4th Basic Training Squadron)


* [[File:Emblem for the Danish Guard Hussar Regiment.svg|27px]] '''[[Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)|Guard Hussar Regiment]]''', in [[Slagelse]]
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* [[File:GHR Shield 5.svg|25px]] '''5th Battalion''' – Basic Training (part of 2nd Brigade) '''motto''':''Terror in Hostes – Vor fjender til frygt''
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** [[File:GHR Shield 1.svg|25px]] '''I Armoured Infantry Battalion''' – assigned to 1st Brigade; '''Motto:''' ''Hurtig i tanke og handling, livsfarlig for sine fjender (''Quick in thought and action, deadly to his enemies'')''
** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] Staff Company (Inactive)
** [[File:Emblem for the 1-V-GHR.svg|25px]] 1st Basic Training Company '''motto''':''Fremad på ny – hurtig og adræt'' (Forward again - fast and agile)
*** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 1Staff.svg|25px]] Staff Company (SLEIPNER) '''Motto:''' ''Altid Klar'' (Always Ready)
** [[File:Emblem for the LIV-V-GHR.svg|25px]] 2nd Basic Training Company (Livkompagniet) '''motto''':''Fremad på ny – lige på og hårdt'' (Forward again - head on)
*** [[File:Emblem for the 1-I-GHR.svg|25px]] 1st Armoured Infantry Company (1/I/GHR or VIDAR) '''Motto:''' ''Når storm lægger sig raser vi stadig'' (When the storm subsides we rage on)
** [[File:Emblem for the 4-V-GHR.svg|25px]]4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/V/GHR)
*** [[File:Emblem for the 2-I-GHR.svg|25px]] 2nd Mechanised Infantry Company (2/I/GHR or ULTRA) '''Motto:''' ''Non plus ultra'' (Nothing further beyond)
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*** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] 4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/I/GHR) (inactive)
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* [[File:HESK logo.svg|25px]] '''[[Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron|Mounted Squadron]]''' –4 months basic trainning and 8 months taking care of the regiments horses +public and ceremonial duties
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** [[File:GHR Shield 3.svg|25px]] '''III Reconnaissance Battalion''' – assigned to 2nd Brigade; '''Motto:''' ''Nec temere nec timide'' (Neither random nor timidly)
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*** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 3Staff.svg|25px]] Staff Squadron (Inactive)
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*** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 1 LOPKESK.svg|25px]] 1st Light Reconnaissance Squadron (1 LOPKESK)
*** [[File:Emblem for the GHR 2LOPKESK.svg|25px]] 2nd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (2 LOPKESK) '''nickname:''' ''Spøgelserne fra Bornholm'' (The ghosts from Bornholm)
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*** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] 3rd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (3 LOPKESK)
*** Marine Squadron (4th Training Squadron) - '''Motto''':''Klar til kamp – altid i front'' (Ready to fight - always in front)
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** [[File:GHR Shield 5.svg|25px]] '''V Training Battalion''' – assigned to 2nd Brigade; '''Motto''':''Terror in Hostes – Vor fjender til frygt''
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*** [[File:Insigne incognitum.svg|25px]] Staff Company (Inactive)
*** [[File:Emblem for the 1-V-GHR.svg|25px]] 1st Training Company - 8 Month Mobilization Conscription - '''Motto''':''Fremad på ny – hurtig og adræt'' (Forward again - fast and agile)
*** [[File:Emblem for the LIV-V-GHR.svg|25px]] 2nd Training Company (Livkompagniet) - 4 Month Training Conscription - '''Motto''':''Fremad på ny – lige på og hårdt'' (Forward again - head on)
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*** [[File:Emblem for the 4-V-GHR.svg|25px]]4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/V/GHR) 8 Month Training Conscription
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** [[File:HESK logo.svg|25px]] '''[[Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron|Mounted Squadron]]''' – 4 Month Training and 8 months taking care of the regiments horses and public and ceremonial duties


=== Officially disbanded units ===
=== Officially disbanded units ===
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Facebook |419093551577062}}
* {{Facebook|Gardehusarregimentet}}


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Latest revision as of 10:28, 14 August 2024

Guard Hussar Regiment
Gardehusarregimentet
Cap badge of the Guard Hussars
Active 17 November 1614 – present
(409 years, 9 months)
Land Kingdom of Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypMechanized infantry
RoleManeuver warfare
Raiding
Reconnaissance
SizeFive battalions
Part ofArmy Staff
Garrison/HQI. & II. Battalion – Antvorskov barracks
III.Battalion – Bornholm
Nickname(s)GHR
Motto(s)In Actis Esto Volucris (Be swift in action)
Regimental beltStable belt GHR

(Used by III. Bataljon at Bornholm)
MarchGarderhusarregimentets Signalmarch Playⓘ
Anniversaries17 November 1614
10 February 1762
EngagementsThirty Years War
Torstenson War
Second Nordic War
Scanian War
Nine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
Great Nordic War
Napoleonic Wars
First Schleswig War
Second Schleswig War
Operation Weserübung
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Iraqi conflict
Websitewww.forsvaret.dk/ghr
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen
Ceremonial chiefHM The King
Notable
commanders		Peder Aalborg
Caspar Hermann Gottlieb Moltke
Insignia
Colours
Standard
Former coat of arms

The Guard Hussar Regiment (Danish: Gardehusarregimentet, GHR) is a cavalry unit of the Royal Danish Army, whose primary task is to train the Guard Hussars for various functions in the mobilisation force.[1] The Guard Hussar Regiment is one of two active cavalry regiments of the Danish Army, and was formed in 2001 through the amalgamation of the original Guard Hussars regiment, Zealand Life Regiment and Danish Life Regiment.[2]

History

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Origins of the regiment

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A Guard Hussar soldier interacts with the local population in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Although the Guard Hussars themselves date from 10 February 1762, the Danish Army takes the date of the founding of a regiment from its oldest part, in this case the Zealand Life Regiment, which was founded in 1614. This makes the Guard Hussars one of the oldest regiments of hussars in the world still operational, it is also the only hussars in mounted parade uniform to still wear the slung and braided pelisse which was formerly characteristic of this class of cavalry. In addition to its operational role, the Guard Hussar Regiment is one of two regiments in the Danish Army (along with the Den Kongelige Livgarde) to be classed as 'Guards'; in this case, the Mounted Squadron perform the same role as the Household Cavalry do in the British Army.

From 1961 to 1972 the regiment was responsible for two armoured battalions, one recon battalion. From 1972–2000 the regiment was responsible for one armoured, one mechanised infantry, one reconnaissance and one infantry battalions. From 2000–2004 the regiment was responsible for two armoured, two mechanised infantry, one reconnaissance and two infantry battalions. From 1992–2004 the regiment also had to form two light Reconnaissance Squadrons assigned to the 1st Zealand Brigade and Danish International Brigade.

2001 amalgamation

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As part of the Defence Agreement 2000–04, it was decided to merge the Guard Hussar Regiment with the Zealand Life Regiment and the Danish Life Regiment. With this amalgamation of the three infantry regiments, the name and history of the new regiment had to be decided. This led to what the media called "the Colonels' War" (Danish: Oberstkrigen), with the three colonels fighting for their regiment’s name and history to survive.[3][4] The Chief of Defence, Christian Hvidt, ordered the old insignia removed, which was not customary. The new armoured horse head was nicknamed the "biker patch". Furthermore, it was decided that a colour be used alongside the standard.[5]

Modern times

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Following the amalgamation, the Guard Hussar Regiment has participated in a number of international missions, resulting in the loss of 16 soldiers.[6]

Structure

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Current units

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Today the Gardehusarregiment is classed as a cavalry regiment, it is in fact a mixed armoured and infantry unit, with three battalions:

  • Guard Hussar Regiment, in Slagelse
    • I Armoured Infantry Battalion – assigned to 1st Brigade; Motto: Hurtig i tanke og handling, livsfarlig for sine fjender (Quick in thought and action, deadly to his enemies)
      • Staff Company (SLEIPNER) Motto: Altid Klar (Always Ready)
      • 1st Armoured Infantry Company (1/I/GHR or VIDAR) Motto: Når storm lægger sig raser vi stadig (When the storm subsides we rage on)
      • 2nd Mechanised Infantry Company (2/I/GHR or ULTRA) Motto: Non plus ultra (Nothing further beyond)
      • 4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/I/GHR) (inactive)
    • III Reconnaissance Battalion – assigned to 2nd Brigade; Motto: Nec temere nec timide (Neither random nor timidly)
      • Staff Squadron (Inactive)
      • 1st Light Reconnaissance Squadron (1 LOPKESK)
      • 2nd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (2 LOPKESK) nickname: Spøgelserne fra Bornholm (The ghosts from Bornholm)
      • 3rd Light Reconnaissance Squadron (3 LOPKESK)
      • Marine Squadron (4th Training Squadron) - Motto:Klar til kamp – altid i front (Ready to fight - always in front)
    • V Training Battalion – assigned to 2nd Brigade; Motto:Terror in Hostes – Vor fjender til frygt
      • Staff Company (Inactive)
      • 1st Training Company - 8 Month Mobilization Conscription - Motto:Fremad på ny – hurtig og adræt (Forward again - fast and agile)
      • 2nd Training Company (Livkompagniet) - 4 Month Training Conscription - Motto:Fremad på ny – lige på og hårdt (Forward again - head on)
      • 4th Mechanised Infantry Company (4/V/GHR) 8 Month Training Conscription
    • Mounted Squadron – 4 Month Training and 8 months taking care of the regiments horses and public and ceremonial duties

Officially disbanded units

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  • II/GHR Armoured Battalion (1955−1976), Infantry Battalion (1977-2000), Armoured Infantry Battalion (2001-2018)
  • IV/GHR Infantry Battalion (1983−1996), Armoured Infantry Battalion (1997-2013).
  • VI/GHR Infantry Battalion (2000-2004).
  • VII/GHR Infantry Battalion (2000-2004).

Names of the regiment

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Names[7]
Husarregimentet Hussar Regiment 1762-02-10 - 1780
1. og 2. Husaregiment 1st and 2nd Hussar Regiment 1780 - 1785
1. og 2. Husarkorps 1st and 2nd Hussar Corps 1785 - 1788
Husarregimentet Hussar Regiment 1788 - 1842
Garderhusardivisionen Guard Hussar Division 1842 - 1855
Husarregimentet Hussar Regiment 1855 - 1856
Gardehusarregimentet Guard Hussar Regiment 1856 - Present

References

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  1. ^ "The Guard Hussars". Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "Regimentets historie". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Gardehusarregimentet. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ Brøndum, Christian (17 November 2014). "Dronningen fejrer tvivlsomt jubilæum". b.dk (in Danish). Berlingske Media. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ Brøndum, Christian (November 2016). Baunehøj, Birgit (ed.). "Forsvaret går ikke med rygmærker" (PDF). Forsvarsavisen. 5 (8). Værnsfælles Forsvarskommando: 7. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ Brøndum, Christian (29 April 2002). "Gammelt nag ruster ikke" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Danske militære tab i international tjeneste". fns-naestved.dk (in Danish). 31 May 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ^ Laursen, Ole (22 April 2014). "Historical Overview of Guard Hussar Regiment". Wadschier. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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