The South Norwegian
Voluntary
Musketeer Corps
Det Søndenfieldske Frivillige Musqueteer Corps
(DSFMC)
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The DSFMC Living History Society
We are a living history, or rather napoleonic reenacment group, based at
Akershus Fortress
in Oslo Norway. Our society was founded in 1989. That year marked the 175th
anniversary of Norway's Constitution, which was a direct consequence of our involvement
in the Napoleonic Wars. As their contribution to the celebrations the
Armed Forces Museum
organized two displays of Napoleonic vintage drill and tactics. The participants
had such fun that they later founded the 'Søndenfieldske Frivillige Musqueteer Corps'.
We still have tight bonds to the Armed Forces Museum, and hold our meetings at
Akershus Fortress.
The DSFMC usually has in the range of 50-70 members, also counting the 'non active' ones.
Most of these act as private musketeers, and a few as light infantry (jägers).
Because we usually demonstrate platoon and/or batallion tactics, we also have two
'amusettes' as batallion artillery. The amusettes are light 1 pound infantry cannons.
Our cavalry section is less stable, it's numbers varying from none to 10 dragoons.
Last but not least there's the Sutler section, or Marketenders. They keep us supplied
with food & drink, and sell souvernirs to the spectators.
The uniforms used by our soldiers represent several regiments, a cross section of the
norwegian army rather than a single unit. There are also other variations typical of the period like,
blue reglulation pants or cheap grey subtstitutes, old style round Castor hats or
'new' french type Chacots. Details of our most common uniforms are listed below. All these regiments
were based in south-east Norway.
Regiment |
Jacket |
Facing |
Edges |
Buttons |
Pants |
1. Akershus IR |
Red |
Dark Blue |
None |
Brass |
Blue/Grey |
2. Akershus IR |
Red |
Dark Blue |
None |
Pewter |
Blue/Grey |
Søndenfieldske Enlisted IR |
Red |
Dark blue |
White |
Brass |
Blue/Grey |
Nordenfieldske Enlisted IR |
Red |
Dark blue |
White |
Pewter |
Blue/Grey |
Telemark IR |
Red |
Green |
White |
Brass |
Blue/Grey |
The Norw. Jäger Corps |
Grey |
None |
Green |
Pewter |
Grey |
Our Camp
In order to recreate historic camps we have quite a number of tents, coocking utensils etc.
As well as being a display of military life in field, the camp provides us with
acommodation during reenactments and other events.
The Tents
20 soldier's tents (12m2)
2 officers tents
1 Staff tent (50m2)
2 Sutler's tents (36m2).
The Garrison Company of 1608.
In 1608 the garrison in Akershus Castle consisted of
10 knechts and 2 gunners under a Vaktmester (Wachtmeister). In preparation of the
Castle's 700th anniversary we received enough funding to recreate the garrison 1-to-1!
Only, the gunners were actually in charge of the artillery, but we have equiped them with
matchlock muskets. The rest of the soldiers have pikeman's armour and halberds (for indoor use)
as well as pikes. If need be a drummer can be substituted for one of the musketeers, we also got hold of
a huge 1600 hundred's drum.
The Main Sections Of This Website.
Pages in English.
So far there aren't too many pages available in english. But there are some...
Links
Over the years I have collected quite a few links to pages relevant to the Napoleonic Wars,
reenactment and military history in general. As many websites seem to be restless normads and
rather short lived, it's hard to keep the links up to date. Feel free to report new
or dead ones to oddharry@ifi.uio.no.
The links are sorted into the following pages:
If it is of interest to you, there is also a page on
Modern Military Subjects.
Handmade by OHA. Updated 18.oct.00,
(oddharry@ifi.uio.no),
Disclaimer.