The regiment was raised on 20 February 1770 by Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten as the Finnish Light Dragoon Corps (Finska lätta dragonkåren).

The unit was set up as a regular dragoon corps in Nyland County, Finland as a reinforcement of the border guard along the Kymmene River.

[4] On 7 April 1811, the regiment was transferred to a newly erected barracks area at Storgatan 35-49 (Kvarteret Krubban) in Östermalm.

In 1795 several units got a bicorne of black felt with agraffe, pom-pom and plume and for some regiments gold braid on the upper edge and a yellow barrel sash (of silk for officers).

The Light Dragoons of the Life Guards had already in 1786 got a pale blue sabretache with the small national coat of arms.

The last model was in 1816 exchanged for a cavalry sword for all personnel in the Scanian Line Dragoon Regiment.

The hat was now of black felt with cap badge and a blue and yellow plume on left side.

The hat was high and round of felt with a black horse hair crest, cap plate, white plume on the left side and cords (officers gold, trooper red) on the right.

Already in 1810 this was exchanged for a shako of black leather with a cap plate and a white cordon front and back.

[9] The highly mobile hussar units soon became popular and Sweden, like many other European countries, increased the number of regiments in the first decade of the 19th century.

During the war in Germany 1813 and in Norway 1814 three Swedish hussar regiments participated with some success especially at the battle of Bornhöved in 1813.

Only details of the uniforms were changed and in 1796 the officers' dolman was dark blue with a Prussian collar with a yellow edge.

The dolman for troopers was the same as for officers with the following exceptions: The 10 rows of buttons were joined with double, thick and squared yellow strings of wool.

The pelisse was dark blue with yellow strings, black fur-trimmed lining and edging, both of sheepskin, and the same buttons as for the dolman.

In 1800 came gaiters of dark blue broadcloth mounted with black calf hide and a strap under the foot (buttoned outside boots, breeches and dolman) and trousers of dark blue broadcloth with a stripe of gold braid (a yellow stripe for troopers) in the outer seam from the upper part of the pocket down to the lowest part of the leg.

In 1815 the Life Regiment Hussar Corps got a dark blue dolman and pelisse with strings and silver lacing.

[11] The Horse Guard became hussars in 1814 and were equipped with dolmans for officers of pale blue broadcloth with white collar and cuffs.

Dolman for troopers was the same as for officers with the following exceptions: Pale blue, button rows are joined with double four-edged strings of white wool.

In 1820 the dolman was changed by making the collar pale blue and a new mirliton cap of black felt with a yellow wing and a white standing plume was introduced.