In 1871, the Marine Regiment was put on the list for disbandment but was revived again when it was transferred to the army as part of the Blekinge Battalion in 1886.
[1] The garrison troops in the Swedish Navy were known as mariners in earlier times, and there was a regiment of 1,400 men, which was reduced to 700 in 1766, some of whom were later enlisted as volunteers and others as boat crewmen.
According to a letters patent on 2 November 1824, these were transformed into the Naval Artillery Corps (Sjöartillerikåren) with 874 men in 10 companies, 7 of which were stationed in Karlskrona, 2 in Stockholm, and 1 in Gothenburg.
According to a letters patent on 17 November 1832, the Naval Artillery Corps was transformed into the Naval Artillery Regiment (Sjöartilleriregementet) with 800 men in 10 companies, with roughly the same duties as the former corps, in addition to serving as the core of the Blekinge County militia.
[3] In 1872, with the beginning of that year, the Marine Regiment was transferred from naval to land defence and was to be gradually disbanded as personnel left.