thumb|Swedish Volunteer Corps and Osasto Roininen (Detachment Roininen) in [[Salla]]

thumb|The Commander of Swedish volunteers General [[Ernst Linder (right) and his Chief of Staff Carl August Ehrensvärd in Tornio]]

The Swedish Volunteer Corps () during the Winter War numbered 9,640 officers and men. Sweden was officially non-belligerent during the war, so the Corps was used by Finland. The Swedish volunteers were in the front lines in the northern Salla area starting from February 28, 1940. Their losses included 33 dead, 10 missing, 50 wounded, and 130 disabled by frostbite. There were also 25 aircraft that served in the Swedish Voluntary Air Force, F19. Swedish volunteers also defended Turku in an anti-aircraft battery.

By the end of the war, the Volunteer Corps was composed of 8,260 Swedes, plus 725 Norwegians, and 600 Danes.

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!ID no.||Name||Born||Rank||Unit||||Note

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|753||Zachau, Anders Robert||1906-08-31||Löjtnant||Air Force||1940-01-12||

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|897||Sjöqvist, John Magnus||1918-09-23||Fänrik||Air Force||1940-01-23||

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|2121||Sjödin, Sven Adolf||1916-04-19||Private||II grp, stabskomp.||1940-02-23||

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|3399||Persson, Helmer Ove Albin||1915-03-04||Översergeant||II grp, stabskomp.||1940-02-23||

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|553||Dyrssen, Magnus Peder Vilhelm||1894-05-18||Överstelöjtnant||Cmdr, I grp||1940-03-01||

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|2437||Wibble, Per Arne||1920-03-23||Private||II grp, 3. skkomp.||1940-03-01||

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|3347||Hjukström, Evald Ossian||1909-06-22||Översergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|230||Hömqvist, Gunnar Ingemar||1915-03-11||Översergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|9076||Svensson-Myhr, Olof||1912-10-08||Översergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|2601||Wallman, Helge Bernhard||1913-07-12||Sergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|2595||Johansson, Karl Jonas Adolf||1912-07-14||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|1342||Karlsson, Gustaf Per||1915-06-11||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|4149||Palm, Knut Algot||1918-05-13||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|2742||Öjstad, Torbjörn||1916-02-04||Fänrik||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|389||Janson, Bror Sixten Valdemar||1908-03-29||Sergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|1349||Johansson, Linus J. W.||1917-02-28||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|1555||Andersson, Arvid||1912-01-26||Norwegian Private||I grp, 3. skkomp.||1940-03-02||

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|681||Wemstedt, Melcher Wasa Bo G.||1909-09-22||Löjtnant||I grp, stabskomp.||1940-03-07||

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|2210||Winlöf, Karl Erik||1893-10-30||Private||I grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-07||

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|8444||Thegerström, Jan Henrik||1918-01-16||Private||II grp, 3. skkomp.||1940-03-08||

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|752||Hildinger, Sten Åke||1914-06-06||Löjtnant||Air Force||1940-03-10||

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|9404||Christensen, Abraham, Joh.||1891-12-19||Norwegian Private||II grp, 1. skkomp.||1940-03-10||

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|2352||Roth, Carl Willy||1908-11-23||Private||2. bilkomp.||1940-03-12||

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|2431||Jonsson, Anders||1917-09-04||Översergeant||2. bilkomp.||1940-03-12||

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|2185||Cederborg, Knut Ragnar||1910-10-01||Private||I grp, 1. skkomp.||1940-03-13||

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|3893||Eriksson, Filip E. Volger||1905-07-27||Private||I grp, 3. skkomp.||1940-03-13||

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|8301||Andersson, Bernt Einar||1917-05-22||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-13||

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|3298||Brandin, Bror Atle||1910-12-02||Private||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-13||

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|255||Svensson, Karl Olle August||1915-09-14||Sergeant||II grp, 4. jkomp.||1940-03-13||

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|3242||Gustafsson, Gustaf||1910-06-10||Private||2. pvplut.||1940-03-13||

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|8389||Johansson, Erik Harald||1914-01-15||Private||2. pvplut.||1940-03-13||

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|2592||Lindegren, Anders Hugo||1916-05-13||Private||2. pvplut.||1940-03-13||

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|8686||Månsson, Gösta Georg||1897-09-13||Sergeant||II grp, 2. skkomp.||1940-03-31||

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See also

  • Sweden and the Winter War
  • Swedish Voluntary Air Force
  • Swedish Volunteer Battalion
  • Swedish Volunteer Company

Footnotes