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HITLER’S SWEDES
A History of the Swedish Volunteers of the
Waffen-SS
Lars T. Larsson
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Published by Helion & Company 2015
Designed and typeset by Bookcraft Limited, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Cover designed by Euan Carter, Leicester (www.euancarter.com)
Text © Lars T. Larsson 2014
Images © as individually credited
Maps © Steve Waites 2014
Cover: Front cover – Sitting on the half-track to the right is the inexperienced and
unpopular platoon leader Gunnar Eklöf. (Bosse B. archive). Rear cover – The group of
Swedes at the Breslau camp, including Gösta Borg, Ragnar Linnér, Kurt Lundin, Frans
Wahlberg and Lars Forssberg. (Bosse B. archive)
ISBN 978 1 909384 11 8
eISBN 978 1 912174 44 7
Mobi ISBN 978 1 912174 44 7
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Contents
List of photographs
List of maps
Introduction & Acknowledgements
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Sweden and the Second World War
National Socialism in Sweden
The Waffen-SS
Recruitment in Sweden
Swedish Volunteers in 5th SS Division ‘Wiking’
Swedish Volunteers in the III. Germanisches SS-Panzer Korps
Swedish War Correspondents
Swedish Mountain Troops
Swedish SS Volunteers in Various Combat Formations
Swedish Non-combatants in SS Service
Post-war Life and Consequences
Conclusion
Appendix: Swedish National Insignia in the SS
Sources
List of Photographs
Swedish volunteers in Finland during the Winter War in 1939-40. Included in
the group are Erik Wallin, Hans Lindén and Fred Nilsson, who were
childhood friends from Stockholm and later came to join the SS. (Bosse B.
archive)
Members of the NSAP parade through the streets of Stockholm announcing
that leader Sven-Olof Lindholm is going to hold a speech the same day.
(Erik R. archive)
Sven-Olof Lindholm, the leader of the NSAP, and later
SSS
party. The
armband indicates this picture was taken before 1938 when the Swastika
was abolished as the party symbol. (Erik R. archive)
The first Swedish national to join the
SS
in Norway – Frank Gustavsson
shortly after joining. (Bosse B. archive)
Fred Nilsson. (Bosse B. archive)
The young Hans Lindén dressed in the uniform he wore whilst serving in a
Finnish anti-aircraft. (Bosse B. archive)
Frank Gustavsson swearing the oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler. (Bosse B.
archive)
A post-war picture which could just as well have been taken in Norway in
1941. Top row from left: Gösta Borg, Bengt Rosmark and Ragnar Linnér.
To the far right, lower row: Heino Meyer. (Author’s archive)
The group of Swedes at the Breslau camp, including Gösta Borg, Ragnar
Linnér, Kurt Lundin, Frans Wahlberg and Lars Forssberg. (Bosse B.
archive)
Ulph Hamilton. (Author’s archive)
Frans Wahlberg: a veteran of many wars. (Lennart Westberg)
The Hamilton group poses on the boat from Finland to Germany. (Author’s
archive)
The anti-aircraft gun on which Lindén served as crew member.
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