Swedish Brigade

The Swedish Brigade (Swedish: Svenska brigaden, Finnish:

Swedish Brigade
Ruotsalainen prikaati) was a paramilitary unit composed of 400
Swedish volunteers to assist the White Guards during the 1918 Svenska brigaden
Finnish Civil War. The brigade participated in the Battle of Tampere
between 28 March and 6 April.[1] 34 members of the Swedish
Brigade were killed in action and up to 50 wounded. Notable
members included the archaeologist Axel Boëthius and the historian
Olof Palme who was killed in Tampere.[2]

It is suspected that the Swedish volunteers killed the Estonian Deputy

Prime Minister Jüri Vilms. Vilms had traveled to Finland for
instructions to get diplomatic recognition for his newly sovereign Flag used by the Swedish Brigade
nation, but went missing. According to the Swedish Brigade war Active 1918
diaries, they executed three Estonians in the village of Hauho in 2 Country Sweden
May. One of them was described as ″well-dressed″ and was carrying
a large sum of money.[3] Allegiance Finnish
Whites

References Type Infantry

Size 400
1. "Swedish Brigade" (http://www.mannerheim.fi/06_vsota/e_r
Engagements Finnish Civil
uotpr.htm). Mannerheim.fi. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
War
2. "Olof Palme (1884 -1918). Mannen som kunde ha blivit en
svensk fascistledare" (https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sondag/olof- Battle of
palme-1884-1918-mannen-som-kunde-ha-blivit-en-svensk-
Tampere
fascistledare/). Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 26
November 1995. Retrieved 3 January 2016. Commanders
3. "Kas Jüri Vilmsi hukkasid rootslased?" (http://ekspress.delf 6 March – 16 Hjalmar Frisell
i.ee/kuum/kas-juri-vilmsi-hukkasid-rootslased?id=2767490 April
1) (in Estonian). Eesti Express. 21 February 2008.
Retrieved 9 December 2016. 17 April – 22 Lars V. Runeberg
April

External links 23 April – May Allan Winge

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