{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Life Guards | native_name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Coat of arms of the Life Guards. | dates = 1521–present (lineage) 2000–present(current form) | disbanded = | country = | countries = | allegiance = Swedish Armed Forces | branch = Swedish Army | type = Household Infantry and Cavalry | role = Infantry, Ceremonial | size = 1,300(4 active battalions, 3 bands, 6 reserve battalions) | command_structure = OPIL (2000–2005)SweAFHQ (2005–present) | garrison = Kungsängen | garrison_label = | nickname = RHQ | patron = | motto = Possunt nec posse videntur("They do what appears to be impossible") | colors = Infantry: yellowCavalry: white | colors_label = | march = Infantry: Quick: (W. Körner)Slow: (I. Gustavsson)Old: (unknown) Cavalry: Quick - Canter - | mascot = | anniversaries = 14 January | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = | decorations = | battle_honours = Swedish War of Liberation (1521) Thirty Years' War Rain (1631) Lützen (1632) Oldendorf (1633) Wittstock (1636) Leipzig (1642) Second Northern War Warszawa (1656) Fredriksodde (1657) March across the Belts (1658) Scanian War Halmstad (1676) Lund (1676) Landskrona (1677) Great Northern War Narva (1700) Düna (1701) Kliszow (1702) Pultusk (1703) Holowczyn (1708) Helsingborg (1710) Russo-Swedish War Svensksund (1790) | battle_honours_label = | flying_hours = | website = | commander1 = Colonel Stefan Nacksten | commander1_label = Commander, Life Guards | commander2 = Colonel Stefan Nacksten | commander2_label = Assistant Commander/Executive Officer Stockholm Area | commander3 = His Majesty The King | commander3_label = Honorary Colonel-in-chief | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = Branch insignias (infantry) | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = Branch insignias (cavalry) | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = Unit insignia | identification_symbol_4 = | identification_symbol_4_label = | identification_symbol_5 = | identification_symbol_5_label = }} The Life Guards (, designation LG) is a combined Swedish Army cavalry/infantry regiment. Its responsibilities include the defence of Stockholm as well as provision of the royal guard of honour for the King of Sweden and the Stockholm Palace. With traditions dating from 1521, the regiment is one of the oldest military units in continuous operational existence in the world. It was established in its present form in July 2000, following a merger of the Svea Life Guards and the Life Guard Dragoons. Headquarters are mainly located in Brunna north of Kungsängen in Upplands-Bro