Finska rytteriets marsch

Finska rytteriets marsch is a march of the Swedish empire and it was used by Swedish troops that fought in Germany in the thirty years war (1618-1648). A personal guess is that the popularity of this march in Germany comes from the habit of Germans and Swedes to share military music and traditions of that time, since both were fighting for the protestant cause in this religious war.
The slogan "Gott mit uns" (God is with us) was used by the Germany army which had it written on the belts of the Wehrmacht. • Stalingrad (1993) HD q...
The Germans borrowed this slogan from the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphys who's personal was "Gud med oss" (God is with us). The Swedish troops also sang the German hymn "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" ("A mighty fortress is our God") every time before it went out to fight a battle during the 1600's and 1700's, as religion played a very big role in the Swedish army.
So it is therefore not strange that this march also became popular in Germany under the name "Schwedischer reitermarsch" (Swedish riders march) or "Finnländischer reitermarsch" (Finlandic riders march). This march connection to Finland comes from the fact that Finland was a part of the Swedish empire. It was one and the same country for 800 years.
And the horsemen from the Finlandic province liked to play this march. So it is therefore understandable that this march holds a special place in Finlands military traditions. Finland as an independent country is only 104 years old. But this military music piece got rougly 400 years of tradition of being used by Finnish speaking troops.
In Finland it is known as "Hakkapeliittain marssi" (March of the Hakkapeliittas") named after a special type of Finnish Cavalry troops that fought for Sweden in the Thirty years war (1618-1648).
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Some of my viewers is now confused. And it is understandable. Military music of the horse troops are usually played with trumpets and timpani drums, and not with fifes and drums like the foot solidiers.
And that is correct. This march is usually played with trumpets as a cavalry march.
But I think this flute version from the game "The Pomeranian war" is better.
• Pomeranian War DLC
The troops you see on the screen are Swedish troops called Caroleans. And they wear the typical uniform of the Swedish army that it had in some form or another between year 1700 and 1762.
The Swedish army was the most modern and best in Europe 1700-1721. So of course it then also had the most modern and best uniform of Northern Europe for its time. But after the "Great Northern War" which was very costly for Sweden did decades of defense budget cuts follow. Not much attempts was done to modernize this otherwise pretty good uniform. But with time it started to become unfashionable. When the Swedish army fought against Prussia and Frederick the Great it was concluded that this uniform was a little bit outdated. The longer jacket was better in cold northern climates than Frederick the Great's army short jackets, but the latter uniform was still considered better, more practical, and not too warm in the summers of continental Europe.
So the uniform was then beginning to be taken out of service after the seven years war. And being replaced by some super ugly uniform: • Gustavianer på Skansen...
But the regiments of Swedish Pomerania kept on using their old style uniforms instead. Because otherwise it was feared that recruitment of troops would face problem since the Germans mistrusted the new uniforms, and they instead prefered to wear uniforms similiar to the Prussian fashion.

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This was gorgeously placed in my recommendations

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Beautifully put together video.

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Sweden is one of the few countries to have defeated russia on its own

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@@Puistokemisti what do you meen?

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@@huginmunin8253 Its an old proverb often used by the Swedish armed forces back in the day. History is being kind of a bitch regarding Finnish contribution to the Swedish military might and its conquest through Europe throughout the years, often being mislabeled just as "Swedish" troops, despite having their own language and regional cultural backgrounds.

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@@pohjantuulet247 i have never herd that its used by swedish army back in the days. Also history has not been a bitch towards finnish cintribution in the swedish army they get recognition for what they did in many wars they where in, of course there is probebly people that dont see it because they fought under swedish flag since they where a part of the swedish kingdom but if people read history they will see alot about the finnish people in it. They fought side by side in the wars they where together. Also the language part and cultural part can be taken into count though because in wars they dont really mention what language people spoke only those that where in it same with culture.

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@@pohjantuulet247 is it a saying from the winter war?

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@@huginmunin8253 Good example of this "Historical hiding" can be found from the Scandinavian, specifically the swedish interpretation of the 30 years war and the infamous Battle of Lützen, where its said Sweden used primarily "mercenaries" to fight off the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. In reality, these mercenaries were largely made up of the Finnish speaking conscripts, that later became known as the Hakkapeliitat. While aknowledged, it most often seems like Swedish interpretation aims to discredit or plain ignore Finnic involvement when it comes to their mutual history. And to those Finns who've learned history, this is often a sore and frustrating topic.

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Kunglig Småland husarregemente.

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Finnish calvary in the Swedish army was called "Hakkapeliitat" after their battle cry. "Hakkaa päälle".

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Hacka på.

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hej från Finland.

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Karoliner?

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ja

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Im Landmuseum Schleusingen (TH) gibt es eine Sonderausstellung, die dem Schwedischen König Karl XII gewidmet ist, als seine Truppen im 17. Jahrhundert Thüringen besetzten.

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Weichsel/ Vistula, Narva
17.9.1631 Breitenfeld Lion of North Vs John Tilly❤

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Helvetin hyvää duunia.

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At Narva the swedish army achieved a great victory but was wiped out almost tinthr last man at Poltava