Soldier name
Soldier names ( soldatnamn ) are a Swedish phenomenon from the 16th to 20th centuries when new soldiers were given a new name by their officers .
The reason was that a large number of soldiers in a group or a platoon had the same patronymic name, which made commands unclear. With soldier names , the five Anderssons could be given five different names and clearly identified.
Soldier names were often based on positive characteristics of a soldier or on military objects, but also on the geographic origin of the soldier or on natural objects.
Examples of Swedish soldier names
- Rask (German: quickly )
- Snäll (out of date quickly , dear today )
- Modig ( brave )
- Tapper ( brave )
- Lively ( lively )
- Garnet ( grenade )
- Patron ( cartridge )
- Träff ( hit )
- Björk ( birch )
- mountain