In my article Uniforms of the Swedish Army 1757-1762 which appeared in Vol. 1 No. 1, a number of omissions and errors occured which I would like to correct. First the coat color should be dark blue, and the color of the cuffs, collar, and coat lining/turnbacks should be yellow. Second, the wax cloth cover for the grenadier cap should be black instead of white. Third, the drawings that accompanied the article are incorrect. They were taken from the Funcken work, Lace Wars, and unfortunately represent uniforms authorized in 1765. The drawing accompanying this article corresponds to the uniform I described in Vol. 1 No. 1. Finally, I would like to point out that the red facings for the Jonkoping regiment pertain to the collar, cuffs, and coatlining turnbacks only. All other items are as described for the other regiments. I apologize for any inconveniences caused by these omissions and errors. In addition to the corrections to my article, Ken Bunger, the theme editor for The Seven Years War has asked me to comment on the apparent contradictions between my article and the section on Swedish infantry uniforms which appeared in R.D. Pengel's Uniforms of Swedish and German States, Line and Cannon. My article was written in 1978 without the benefit of F. Schirmer's Die Heere der Kriegfahrenden Staaten 1759-1863, which is the basis for Pengel's Swedish section. Recently, through the kindness of Ken, I have received a copy of Schirmer's work on the Swedes. I disagree with Schirmer (Pengel) in three areas: lapels; the facing colors of the Uplands and Vesterbottens regiments; and buttonhole lining. Schirmer's (Pengel's) work indicates that a large number of regiments had uniforms with lapels. I have seen no drawings, paintings, or pictures of the pre-1765 time frame which show Swedish infantry uniforms with lapels. In addition, Erik Bellander, of the Swedish Army Museum, in his book, Drakt och Uniform, states that only the Lifgardet regiment wore lapels until 1765 when four additional regiments were authorized lapels in the uniform regulation of that year. I also disagree with Schirmer (Pengel) on the facing colors of the Uplands and Vesterbottens. I believe the colors of these regiments were reversed in Shirmer's work. White was the traditional color of the Veterbottens regiment and yellow was the traditional color of the Uplands regiment. This is supported by Bellander, who sites these colors for these regiments in 1756. Finally, I disagree with the white buttonhole lining described in Schirmer's (Pengel's) work. Bellander states that the buttonhole lining was yellow. In addition, drawings and photographs from the Swedish and Finnish Army Museums show yellow buttonhole lining. Other than in three areas, I believe that my article and Schirmer's (Pengel's) work are otherwise in agreement. The only area in which I have no real data, other than Schirmer (Pengel), is the uniforms of the Varfvade or permanent/enlisted regiments (No. 23-31 in Pengel). Therefore, I recommend using the uniform data in Pengel, disregarding the lapel information. Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. 2 #1 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1980 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com