North Scanian Regiment (), designation P 6/Fo 14, was a Swedish Army armoured regiment that operated from 1963 to 1994. The unit was based in the Kristianstad Garrison in Kristianstad. The unit was formed in 1963 when North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) was converted from an infantry regiment to and armoured regiment.
History
In connection with the Defence Act of 1958, the Riksdag decided that eight armored brigades with new combat vehicles should be organized within the Swedish Army, a decision that for economic reasons changed in August 1960 to include only seven armored brigades. Which infantry regiment would receive the 7th Brigade was a battle that came to an end between the North Scanian Infantry Regiment (I 6) and Älvsborg Regiment (I 15). Given that the Älvsborg Regiment has since 1949 trained armored infantry for both the Älvsborg Brigade (Älvsborgsbrigaden, PB 5) and the Skaraborg Brigade (PB 9), the regiment should have been closest at hand. However, on 9 January 1962, the Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Thord Bonde announced that the North Scanian Infantry Regiment would be reorganized into an armored regiment, and that PB 5 should be disbanded as an armored brigade by 1968. That it became the North Scanian Infantry Regiment which was reorganized into an armored regiment was largely due to the Älvsborg Regiment not suitable for combat vehicle training. Thus, the North Scanian Regiment (P 6) was formed on 1 April 1963.
From the beginning, it was intended that the Scanian Brigade (Skånebrigaden, IB 37) at the North Scanian Infantry Regiment should be reorganized into armored brigade and given the designation PB 37, and that a 4th Armoured Brigade in Scania would be designated PB 26. However, the proposal fell due to that the Scanian Brigade's mobilization area was east of Ringsjön, too far from the regiment in Kristianstad. No 4th Armoured Brigade was ever raised, but it was Kristianstad Brigade (IB 26) that was reorganized into the armoured brigade PB 26. The reason why the brigade did not become PB 6 was because that designation was already occupied by the Blue Brigade (PB 6).
The disbandment of the regiment began on 1 July 1992. Between 31 January 1993 and 1 February 1993, the regiment attended its last Royal Guards at Stockholm Palace. On 14 May 1993, a farewell parade was conducted through Kristianstad, which was followed in the same month with the last military discharge. In the summer of 1993, an acknowledgment of the regiment's staff was carried out. On 1 July 1993, only parts of the regiment remained, such as the defence district staff. On 30 June 1994, the North Scanian Regiment was disbanded. And on 1 July 1994, the Scanian Dragoon Regiment (Skånska dragonregementet, P 2) was reorganized from a training regiment to a defence district regiment (försvarsområdesregemente), and was given the overall mobilization responsibility within Kristianstad Defence District (Kristianstads försvarsområde, Fo 14), which was marked with the new name North Scanian Dragoon Regiment (Norra Skånska dragonregementet, P 2/Fo 14).
Units
Kristianstad Brigade
Kristianstad Brigade (Kristianstadsbrigaden, PB 26) was formed in 1949 as an infantry brigade and originated from the field regiment raised by the Defence Act of 1942. When the infantry regiments were raised as field regiments, the North Scanian Regiment organized two field regiments (war units), the North Scanian Regiment (I 6) and Kristianstad Regiment (I 36). The Defence Act of 1948 introduced brigades throughout the army, which resulted in the army being streamlined into two brigade types, infantry brigades and armoured brigades. However, in the North Scanian Regiment, only one field regiment came to be reorganized into infantry brigade, when Kristianstad Regiment (I 36) was disbanded. At that time, the brigade was the only brigade of the regiment and was named IB 26, and was organized according to the unit types of IB 49, IB 59. In connection with the brigade becoming an armoured brigade in 1963, the new designation was PB 26. The brigade was disbanded together with the regiment on 30 June 1994. The 2nd Mechanized Battalion (2. mekaniserade bataljonen) at the brigade was transferred to the South Scanian Brigade (Södra skånska brigaden, MekB 7) after the disbandment.