tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231405884992409747.post6094142448231698981..comments2018-03-08T11:37:56.000-08:00Comments on Real Men Wear Lace and Stockings - a Wargaming Blog: The Proud Hakkapeliittas (and their helmets)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992839884212884913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231405884992409747.post-59059812127426999622016-09-30T12:57:46.104-07:002016-09-30T12:57:46.104-07:00Oh I see.Oh I see.Finmiragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380986027781299534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231405884992409747.post-79662063701423513132016-09-30T10:11:34.733-07:002016-09-30T10:11:34.733-07:00The quote was from Wikipedia. I just added the lin...The quote was from Wikipedia. I just added the links and corrected quoting rules.<br /><br />But to answer your question, I'm not sure what's the original language of that quote, but "Livgarde" is the Swedish original term and "henkivartiosto" the Finnish equivalent. The modern Swedish army has both Royal Guards (högvakten) and Life Guards (livgardet). To make matters even more complicated, the modern Danish army has a unit called "The Royal Life Guards" (Den Kongelige Livgarde). <br /><br />From what I've gathered, Gustavus Adolphus did indeed use Hakkapeliittas in a livgardet -battallion at least in one stage, but as Hakkapeliittas served like Swedish cavalry in general, I'm not sure how much of the livgardet horse comprised of Finnish cavalrymen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992839884212884913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231405884992409747.post-31473347734271299072016-09-30T07:17:30.942-07:002016-09-30T07:17:30.942-07:00Again very interesting article, thank you for writ...Again very interesting article, thank you for writing it. Also thank you for addin the readers widget (so I got an alert for the article in my blog feed). By the way you said the quartermaster referred to Hakkapelitas as royal lifeguard. Did you mean royal guard (since aren't lifeguard the people who wear swimsuits and rescue kids from the waves)?Finmiragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380986027781299534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231405884992409747.post-38247199490133097962016-09-29T17:26:22.783-07:002016-09-29T17:26:22.783-07:00Very nice article! Keep up the great work.Very nice article! Keep up the great work.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564070192933735645noreply@blogger.com