On January 14, 1521, the day of Felix the Confessor, Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) was elected by the people of the East and West valleys as their chieftain and appointed leader of the liberation struggle against the Danes. At the same time, he was assigned a bodyguard of 'sixteen young men to watch over him and look after him'. This bodyguard accompanied him throughout the war of liberation and surrounded him when he arrived in Stockholm as King Gustav in midsummer 1523.This bodyguard is seen as the origin of today's Livgarde, which means that in 2021 the regiment will celebrate its 500th anniversary.

The planning of these jubilee activities has begun, and part of it includes supplementing the regimental history of the infantry up to 1976 and the cavalry up to 2000 with a description of the development 1977-2021. This will be done in two volumes. The historical works will be designed so that they are easily accessible to a wider readership but at the same time rest on a scientific basis.