Marine Regiment (Denmark)

The Marine Regiment (Danish: Marineregimentet) was the naval infantry of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, and later an infantry regiment, established in 1672 by Christian IV and based at Glückstadt Naval Station.

Before the regiment was raised, Danish warships always had a group of regular soldiers on board, whose job it was to fire on decks, rigging and the hallway of enemy ships and capture them.

Raising the Marine Regiment under Navy command removed these problems.

In several battles the Regiment received permission to leave the battlefield with weapons in hand as recognition for their efforts.

In 1741, it moved to Rendsburg and changed its name to Bornholm Infantry Regiment (Danish: Bornholmske infanteriregiment).