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On the 30th of November 1939 a Swedish Lieutenant Colonel Carl August Ehrensvärd contacted the Swedish Military Staff. He was eager to know how Sweden will react the Soviet invasion to Finland. Lieutenant colonel Thörnell, the future Commander in Chief in the Swedish Army, was going to suggest that one Army Group, consisted of two divisions, should be mobilized to protect the Norrbotten territory. Military Staff wasn't sure should the Swedish Army participate Aland archipelago defence in co-operation with the Finns.
After his visit Ehrensvärd met his colleagues Manne Dyrssen and Vikng Tamm. They decided to establish a volunteer organization and during the day an office started operation, opened by major Allan Winge. As a result of all that the Swedes decided to form three appr. 1600 men fast movable units with relative good firepower and supporting AA and AT companies. A 71 year old half-Finn Cavalry General Ernst Linder, who already had retired, was assigned to command Svenska Frivilligakåren (Swedish Volunteer Corps). He knew marshal Mannerheim since the Finnish Civil War and was a good friend of him. The commanders of those Stridsgruppens (Assault Group, strenghtened battalions) were: The 1st one was commanded by Dyrssen, the 2nd by Tamm and the 3rd by a Finnish colonel Martin Ekström.
Plan also included a term that Finland should have a permission to buy all military equipment needed from Sweden, at first for 7500 men.
Fact: Stridsgruppen I and II were sent to the frontline on the 28th of February 1940, replacing the Finnish Rifle Regiment 40 in Märkäjärvi area. The commander of the Stridsgrupp I, lieutenant colonel Magnus "Manne" Dyrssen was one the first fallen Swedish soldiers there, during a field artillery bombardment.
Pics some unknown volunteer pictured in the Kemi city, phoyographer and date not mentioned, volunteers arriving the Tornio city on Jan 8 1940 and a ski company in the Märkäjärvi area on March 17 1940
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After his visit Ehrensvärd met his colleagues Manne Dyrssen and Vikng Tamm. They decided to establish a volunteer organization and during the day an office started operation, opened by major Allan Winge. As a result of all that the Swedes decided to form three appr. 1600 men fast movable units with relative good firepower and supporting AA and AT companies. A 71 year old half-Finn Cavalry General Ernst Linder, who already had retired, was assigned to command Svenska Frivilligakåren (Swedish Volunteer Corps). He knew marshal Mannerheim since the Finnish Civil War and was a good friend of him. The commanders of those Stridsgruppens (Assault Group, strenghtened battalions) were: The 1st one was commanded by Dyrssen, the 2nd by Tamm and the 3rd by a Finnish colonel Martin Ekström.
Plan also included a term that Finland should have a permission to buy all military equipment needed from Sweden, at first for 7500 men.
Fact: Stridsgruppen I and II were sent to the frontline on the 28th of February 1940, replacing the Finnish Rifle Regiment 40 in Märkäjärvi area. The commander of the Stridsgrupp I, lieutenant colonel Magnus "Manne" Dyrssen was one the first fallen Swedish soldiers there, during a field artillery bombardment.
Pics some unknown volunteer pictured in the Kemi city, phoyographer and date not mentioned, volunteers arriving the Tornio city on Jan 8 1940 and a ski company in the Märkäjärvi area on March 17 1940
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