Krohnvikens Bataljon

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Krohnvikens Bataljon was a buekorps in Bergen which existed from probably before 1854 [1] (1852?) to 1916. The proof of its early foundation is that the man who allegedly painted its first banner died in that year, 1854. [1] It was the local brigade for a working-class area called Krohnviken, in the neighbourhood of Solheimsviken. The brigade may have been the oldest to ever have come into existence.

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The boys in the brigade made their own rifles and its number of members made it at times into a rather large one.[ clarification needed ] A successor to Krohnvikens Bataljon is Løvstakkens Jægerkorps, which was founded for the first time in 1903. [1]

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