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    described a fictional woman named Lotta Svärd. According to the poem, a Finnish soldier, private Svärd – Swedish: svärd means a sword – went to fight in...
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    March 1882 – 27 October 1947) was the longtime leader of the Finnish Lotta Svärd, a voluntary auxiliary organisation for women. Fanni Marie Luukkonen...
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    2019). "Lotta Svärd antoi nimensä Suomen maanpuolustusnaisille". Yle. Retrieved 7 June 2020. "13. Mistä nimi Lotta Svärd tulee?". Lotta Svärd. Retrieved...
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    called lotta (singular) or lottor (plural). Svenska Lottakåren was created in 1924 with the Finnish women's auxiliary organization, Lotta Svärd (founded...
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    organisation still exists by the name of Lotta Svärd Säätiö (Lotta Svärd Foundation). The disbandment of the Lotta Svärd led to public condemnation of the organisation...
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  • – 3 November 1954) was a Finnish doctor and an active member of the Lotta Svärd women's auxiliary paramilitary organisation. Suoma Helena Lindsted was...
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  • Lotta Svärd, Finnish paramilitary organization of World War II Lotta Svärd (poem), epic poem Lotta Continua Italian paramilitary organization Lotta Comunista...
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    2019). "Lotta Svärd antoi nimensä Suomen maanpuolustusnaisille". Yle. Retrieved 7 June 2020. "13. Mistä nimi Lotta Svärd tulee?". Lotta Svärd. Retrieved...
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  • the early 1930s Oskar Svärd (born 1976), Swedish cross-country skier Sebastian Svärd (born 1983), Danish footballer Lotta Svärd (poem), part of Johan...
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    (Finland) Lotta Svärd – voluntary auxiliary organisation for women Seinäjoki Civil Guard House, now housing the Civil Guard & Lotta Svärd Museum Other...
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    related Lotta Svärd women's auxiliary organisation. After the end of World War II (or Continuation War, in the Finnish context), the Civil Guard and Lotta Svärd...
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    The White side founded their own female organization, Lotta Svärd in November 1918. While the Lottas were not front line fighting units per sé, as a paramilitary...
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    couple had six children. She was active in the women's paramilitary Lotta Svärd organisation, as well as in the Martha organisation. Her personal interests...
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    In a short period of time, many of them were moved to combat units. Lotta Svärd Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland) Security Force Auxiliaries Auxiliary...
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  • outbreak of World War II. During the war, she worked as a nurse for Lotta Svärd, an auxiliary organization associated with the White Guard. She served...
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    be the head of the local women's auxiliary Lotta Svärd chapter in 1920. She was elected to the Lotta Svärd central board of directors in 1923 and quickly...
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    Lotta Svärd, named after the poem, where voluntary women took part in auxiliary work of the armed forces to help those fighting on the front. Lotta Svärd...
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    Model 24 was called the Lotta's Rifle (Lottakivääri) after the women's auxiliary of the Civil Guard, known as the Lotta Svärd which was instrumental in...
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    Skyddskår). During this visit, Wadner came into contact with the Finnish Lotta Svärd, a voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women, formed in...
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    tents. Air-raid warnings were given by Finnish women organised by the Lotta Svärd. The top scoring fighter ace was Jorma Sarvanto, with 12.83 victories...
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    Von Falkenhorst with the sisters of the Lotta Svärd, a Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women, in the summer of 1941 during the...
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  • A 20th-century example (with four heraldic roses) can be seen in the Lotta Svärd emblem. From its use in heraldry – or from its use by antiquaries – fylfot...
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  • Two Jewish officers of the Finnish army and one Jewish member of the Lotta Svärd women's paramilitary organisation were awarded the German Iron Cross...
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    Manor, a historic home located in Tammela, Finland. She served in the Lotta Svärd during World War II and married Austrian Kurt Bandler in 1943; they divorced...
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    Salomon Klass of the Finnish Army and nurse Dina Poljakoff from the Lotta Svärd organization. All three refused the award. The Spanish double-agent Juan...
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    of Finland Kagal (Finnish resistance movement) List of Finnish wars Lotta Svärd Mensheviks Ukrainian War of Independence Winter War Finnish: Suomen sisällissota;...
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    invasion danger the Lotta Svärd central committee had to consent to arming the women in the searchlight battery. The leader of the Lotta Svärd organization,...
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  • Finland Promise Lupaus (Uskolliset – Suomen lotat / Lotta) Ilkka Vanne Finnish women's Lotta Svärd during war 2005 Germany Sophie Scholl – The Final Days...
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    portal Brezhnev Doctrine Cold-weather warfare Einsatzkommando Finnland Lotta Svärd List of wars between democracies List of wars involving Finland Finland–Russia...
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    the Continuation War and the Lapland War. There were also members of Lotta Svärd, who also were victims of war serving in uniforms on the front. Nowadays...
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