Martin Eugen Ekström
Encyclopedia
Martin Eugen Ekström was a Swedish
military
adventure
r who became the leader of the Nationalsocialistiska Blocket, an umbrella organization
for various fascist and National Socialist
groups.
Lieutenant colonel
Ekström led the 3rd Battlegroup http://www.tendens.se/nicolas/sfk_e.html of the Swedish Volunteer Corps
in the Finnish Winter War.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
adventure
Adventure
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...
r who became the leader of the Nationalsocialistiska Blocket, an umbrella organization
Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
for various fascist and National Socialist
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
groups.
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
Ekström led the 3rd Battlegroup http://www.tendens.se/nicolas/sfk_e.html of the Swedish Volunteer Corps
Swedish Volunteer Corps (Winter War)
The Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War numbered 9,640. Sweden was officially non-belligerent, however not neutral, during the course of the war so only volunteers could be used by Finland. The volunteers were in the front lines in northern Salla area starting on February 28, 1940...
in the Finnish Winter War.
External links
- Ekström, Martin Eugen (06.12.1887), in SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
with photo. - National Enlightenment. Traits in the History of Swedish Antisemitism
- Swedish Fascism - Why Bother? by Lena Berggren