Uniforms of Svea livgarde. From the left: officer in parade uniform, officer in regular uniform, NCO and private.

Except for the hat, the last remnants of Gustav III's national costume were abolished when a new uniform regulation came into force on 13 January 1802. The shoulder flaps disappeared from the jacket, and the lapels were made wider and extended all the way up to the shoulder seam. Officers and guard regiments were to distinguish themselves by wearing a tailcoat instead of the usual jacket. The guard regiments also exchanged their "Swedish hats" for so-called tricorne hats (actually bicornes like a "Napoleon hat"). Changes also took place in the uniform colours of individual regiments. Overall, the reform meant that Swedish uniforms now followed international fashion to a much greater extent.

	Enlisted Infantry
	Svea livgarde		Värmland Jäger Battalion		Änkedrottningens livregemente
	Göta livgarde		Drottningens livregemente		Savolax Jäger Regiment
	Finska gardet		Engelbrech'ts Regiment		Karelska Jäger Battalion
	Kungens eget värvade regemente		Jägerhorn's Regiment		Adlercreutz' Regiment
	Provincial Infantry
	Livregementet's Light Battalion		Västgöta-Dal		Österbotten
	Uppland		Skaraborg		Kajana Battalion
	Södermanland		Närke-Värmland		Björneborg
	Livgrenadjärregementet		Västmanland		Åbo Län
	Jönköping		Dal Regiment		Nyland
	Kalmar		Hälsinge		Nyland Jäger Battalion
	Kronoberg		Jämtland		Tavastehus
	Bohuslän		Västerbotten		Savolax
	Älvsborg
	Cavalry
	Lätta livdragonerna		Småland Dragoon Regiment		Västgöta Dragoon Regiment
	Livregementet's Cuirassier Corps		Södra Skånska Cavalry Regiment		Jämtland Horse Jägers
	Livregementet's Hussar Corps		Skånska Line Dragoon Regiment		Nyland Dragoon Corps
	Adelsfanan		Hussar Regiment		Karelska Dragoon Corps
	Other
	Artillery		Navy		Corps of Engineers
	Generals & Adjutants		Livdrabants		Troops in Saint Barthélemy

Although the m/1802 regulation was only in force until 1806, there are many contemporary illustrations of it. During the winter of 1802-03, Carl Gustaf Gillberg made a first set of plates with model drawings. However, Gustav IV Adolf gifted them to the uniform-interested British prince William Frederic of Gloucester who was in Sweden from 10 November 1802 to 2 March 1803. A second set of plates therefore needed to be made and Gillberg began this work as early as February 1803, but he did not finish it until 1805. At the same time, the Swedish officer Wilhelm von Runge created a third (incomplete) set of illustrations of the Swedish army's uniforms on his own initiative.

The first set of Gillberg's uniform drawings are kept in Great Britain and I only have access to the Svea livgarde plates (see image above). However, the second set and Runge's illustrations are published in their entirety on this page. The large images on this page are Gillberg's plates that contain a non-commissioned officer and private soldiers seen from the front and back. The small images on this page are Runge's illustrations, and they have the same type of drawings, but also pictures of officers seen from the front and back. This means that Runge's pictures complement Gillberg who only depicted the officers in his first set of plates. All images can be viewed in a larger format by clicking on them.

Since the three sets were made at different times, you can see the changes that took place during the period that m/1802 was the current uniform regulation. As early as 11 November 1802, the shoulder belt was replaced with a waist belt and in connection with this, the blue-yellow sashes that had been introduced with the m/1792 uniform disappeared. In addition, the turnbacks on the lower part of the front of the jacket were reduced. These changes meant that Gillberg corrected his first plates afterwards. Such changes also took place on Gillberg's second set of plates. For example, when Gustav IV Adolf on June 26, 1805, decided that the infantry should change their hairstyles so that instead of braids at the ears and pigtail, they would have short-cut hair with sideburns.

Gillberg's subsequent corrections to the large plates below mean that these show how the m/1802 uniforms looked when the Swedish army participated in the Napoleonic Wars in 1805. Runge's pictures, on the other hand, have the older hairstyles and other details that were out of date at the time.

Also note that there was a separate uniform regulation from 14 December 1801 that applied to certain categories of officers. This m/1801 uniform did not have lapels but instead a single row of buttons. In addition, they did not have rank insignia on the shoulders in the form of epaulettes, but instead they were embroidered on the cuffs and collar (which was a turn-down collar and not a stand-up collar). Those who wore this uniform were generals, the king's adjutants, the Livdrabant Corps, and artillery and fortification officers. All of them also wore a "Napoleon hat" instead of the round "Swedish hat".

Enlisted Infantry

Svea livgarde

Note how the colour of the hat plumes differs. In Gillberg's original plate (top of this page) and Runge's images below, the officers have yellow plumes while the privates' plumes are white. In Gillberg's second plate, seen above, the non-commissioned officer on the left also has a white plume. This white colour distinguished the Guards regiments from the regular regiments, and when Gustav IV Adolf demoted the Guards regiments in 1808, all personnel were forced to replace their plumes.

Svea livgarde Jäger Battalion

The Jäger battalion is distinguished by green hat plumes in Gillberg's later plate (above) but in the earlier plate (below) they were yellow. In Runge's pictures (further down) made between these two, the privates have been given white plumes while the officers still had yellow.

In addition to the hat plumes, the Jäger battalion’s hats also have a horsehair brim. They are green for all personnel in Gillberg's earlier plate and Runge's pictures below. In Gillberg's later plate (above) only the non-commissioned officer's hat has a green horsehair brim while the privates have black ones.

Göta livgarde

Note the colour differences between Gillberg's plate above and Runge's pictures below. Gillberg has orange distinguishing colour (the lining is yellow, however). Runge's pictures, on the other hand, have yellow distinguishing colour and, apart from the white breeches, are identical to Runge's pictures of the Svea livgarde. The colours of the hat plumes differ between Gillberg and Runge in the same way as for the Svea livgarde.

Göta livgarde Jäger Battalion

The differences between Gillberg's and Runge's jäger pictures are the same as for Svea livgarde. The only difference between the Svea livgarde and the Göta livgarde jäger uniforms was the colour of the collar. Yellow for the former battalion and green and white for Göta livgarde.

Finska gardet
(Finnish Guards)

Runge's pictures below show both parade uniform and regular uniform for officers and privates.

Konungens eget värvade regemente
(The King's Own Enlisted Regiment)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Värmland Jäger Battalion

Drottningens livregemente
(The Queen's Life Regiment)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Engelbrecht's Regiment
(garrison regiment in Stralsund)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Jägerhorn's Regiment
(garrison regiment in Sveaborg)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Änkedrottningens livregemente
(Queen Dowager's Life Regiment)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Savolax Jäger Regiment

Officer	Officer	NCO	Private	Private

Karelska Jäger Battalion

Officers	NCO	Privates

Adlercreutz' Regiment
(garrison regiment in Sveaborg)

Provincial Infantry

Livregementet's Light Battalion
(the part of the former Livregementet till häst that was allotted in Västmanland and Södermanland)

Uppland Regiment

Södermanland Regiment

Livgrenadjärregementet
(Life Grenadier Regiment)

This regiment had been created in 1791 by merging the Östergötland Infantry Regiment and Östgöta Cavalry Regiment.

Officer

Officer

Officer

Officer

NCO

Private

Private

The two small pictures on the left are loose pages that are kept in the Swedish War Archives (Krigsarkivet) and on them there is a note in pencil indicating them as the First Life Grenadier Regiment (former Östergötland Infantry Regiment). The other pictures are from volume 1 of Runge's book which is kept in the Swedish National Library (Kungliga biblioteket), but in them the officers have two different hats and none of them match the War Archives pictures.

Jönköping Regiment

Kalmar Regiment

There is also a model drawing of officers seen from the front and back in the Kalmar County Museum that was "approved" by Gustav IV Adolf.

Kronoberg Regiment

Bohuslän Regiment

Älvsborg Regiment

Västgöta-Dal Regiment

Skaraborg Regiment

Närke-Värmland Regiment

Västmanland Regiment

Dal Regiment

Hälsinge Regiment

Jämtland Regiment

Officers	NCO	Privates

Västerbotten Regiment

Österbotten Regiment

Runge's images below have been stated in his work to be Jämtland regiment, but it seems that the images of Jämtland and Österbotten have been mixed up there.

Kajana Battalion

Officers	NCO	Privates

Björneborg Regiment

Åbo Län Regiment

Nyland Regiment

Nyland Jäger Battalion

Tavastehus Regiment

Savolax Regiment

NCO	Private	Private
			Officers of Savolax Light Infantry

Cavalry

Lätta livdragonerna
(The Light Life Dragoons)

Lätta livdragonerna's Horse Jägers

Livregementet's Cuirassier Corps
(the part of the former Livregementet till häst that was allotted in Uppland)

Livregementet's Hussar Corps
(the part of the former Livregementet till häst that was allotted in Närke and Västergötland)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Adelsfanan
(De facto disbanded after 1743 when recruitment of privates ceased. However, officer positions were filled until 1809.)

Småland Dragoon Regiment

Officers	NCO	Privates

Södra Skånska Cavalry Regiment

Officers	NCO	Privates

Skånska Line Dragoon Regiment
(former Nora skånska Cavalry Regiment)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Hussar Regiment
(enlisted unit that was stationed in Skåne and Halland)

Officers	NCO	Privates

Västgöta Line Dragoon Regiment

Officers	NCO	Privates

Västgöta Regiment was a cavalry regiment until 1792 when it was converted into a dragoon regiment. From 1802 to 1806 it was called a line dragoon regiment and then again a dragoon regiment. In 1811 it was converted into an infantry regiment.

All uniform drawings are kept in the Swedish War Archives. Runge's small pictures above have been named "Dragons de Westro-Gothie" on a title page. Gillberg's plate above has been given a subtitle stating that it is "Västgöta linjedragonregemente" while the plate below is stated to be "Västgöta dragonregemente". In addition, another uniform drawing has been attached to Gillberg's plates, and it is dated 1806. In Arne Danielsson's article from 1965, a receipt is reported for a Västgöta plate that was delivered in June 1807 (the very last of the plates in this series and two years later than the penultimate).

Cropped uniform drawing dated 1806. Click on it to also see the text.
	NCO	Privates

Jämtland Horse Jägers

Officers	NCO	Privates

Nyland Dragoon Corps

Karelska Dragoon Corps

Officers	NCO	Privates

Artillery

Svea Artillery Regiment
(blue collar)

Officers at Other Artillery Regiments

Horse Artillery

Officers	NCO	Privates

Navy

Main Fleet

Navy Volunteers

Officers	NCO	Privates

Army Fleet

Corps of Engineers

Officers with parade uniform ("Officier en grand uniforme")

Officers with regular uniform ("Officier en uniforme de travail")

Workers in Sveaborg

Labour Corps on the Right Wing of the Western Army

Other

Generals

"Grand Etat Major et adjudants du Roi"

"Uniform des Commandants de Places"

Stockholm City's Military Company

Officers Without Duty

Troops in Saint Barthélemy

Carl Gustaf Gillberg's first version of m/1802 plates is kept in Windsor Castle in the UK. I have not visited Windsor Castle so the two plates for the Svea Livgarde come from its regimental history work. The second version of Gillberg's plates is in the Swedish War Archives (series 0429-004).

Wilhelm von Runge's work consists of five volumes which are divided between the National Library (volumes 1-2 and 5) and the War Archives (volumes 3-4). Volumes 1-2 contain divided and enlisted infantry from Sweden proper. Volumes 3-4 consist of the cavalry and Finnish regiments, but they are in a "slaughtered" condition and consist of loose pages (series 0429-005). Volume 5 consists of civilian uniforms, and they are not published on this page.

Bellander, Erik. Dräkt och uniform. Stockholm (1973)
Danielsson, Arne. Gustavianska uniformsritningar på Windsor Castle (article in MAM 26). Stockholm (1965)
Runge, Wilhelm von. Collection des uniformes de l'armée suédoise, en l'année 1803
Warfvinge, Svante m. fl. Kungl. Svea livgardes historia, band V. Stockholm (1976)