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colonel. After the division of the regiment was established in Sweden in 1634, each regiment with regimental officers had a colonel (regimental commander), a lieutenant colonel and a major, of whom the latter often commanded the colonel's battalion. Like the 2nd major added in 1757 and the 3rd major added later in several regiments, the major had company commanders position until the 1833 pay regulation. All the regimental officers, with the exception of the regimental commander, were then called majors (1st, 2nd and 3rd major), of whom the 1st major usually had the rank of lieutenant colonel. The 2nd and 3rd major were changed to major in 1875, at the same time as the positions of lieutenant colonel and 1st major were firmly united in the infantry and cavalry; the term 1st major was removed in 1901.
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678:Hat badge (
662:Hat badge (
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495:Flight suit
478:Flight suit
461:Mess jacket
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144:Major (Maj)
1000:Categories
964:21 October
889:2023-01-12
784:2021-05-14
692:References
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918:7 October
430:Air Force
282:Air Force
203:Promotion
87:rank code
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862:8072220
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178:History
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