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#568 Swedish born soldier who fought and fell in WW1. Einar Skud (Ejnar Eliasson Skud) born Jan 27, 1892, in Mosaic church, Gothenburg, Sweden. Emigrated to US in 1911. Went to France in July 1918, Died of wounds Oct 7th, 1918. fought for 337th Inf Regt, 85th Div, buried at Meuse-Argonne Cemetery.

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🇸🇪🇺🇲 Home after a very nice Military History Weekend, I met nice people and listened to very interesting talks, both historical and modern themes. Brought back some books, now diving into the 54th Pioneer Infantry, AEF. Book say 4 Swedes, but have already found way more than 4😊

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Amazing Swedish history connected to Swedish emigration to the USA 😊 The Blomberg brothers in Austin, Texas. They and their parents never went to Sweden, but are speaking Swedish with the old dialect from the late 1800s. 🇸🇪🇺🇲 English subtitles. youtu.be/K8Dg3R7nIjU

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#552 in my list. He fell in the Great War when he fought for the American Expeditionary Forces. But he couldn't be found in the casualty lists? I am talking about the Swedish born soldier Karl Isaksson, born in Korsberga parish, Jönköping county, in the landscape of Småland. Read more in snippet.👇

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🇸🇪🇺🇲In the mail today, looks really great, can't wait to read it. "The Swedes on Titanic" Stories about the ship, the 123 Swedes onboard, including the stories about the 34 Swedes who survived. 🙏

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Starting 2025 research with looking more into my extended and more open criteria limitation regarding Swedish born soldiers who fought and fell in WW1. Adding three more Canadian Swedes to my list. You can read more in my latest article: www.westernfront.se/2025/01/06/b...

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Great day behind the lines of the Yser battlefield today! #fww #greatwar #grandeguerre @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social @bigandylock.bsky.social @jimsmithson.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social

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1)Soon Christmas here in Sweden, but still using some of my time off from work to go through different archives. Just looked into the fate of the Swedish born soldier Emil Lund (Anders Emil), who belonged to 29th Canadian Forestry Company. Emil sadly committed suicide ->

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1)At least 540 Swedish born soldiers fell at the Western Front in WW1. This is what I have found so far, it may be more of them. 343 of them fought for the American Expeditionary Forces. The majority of them are buried and commemorated in Belgium and France, but 43 of them are buried back in the US>

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Here is the recording of our last online talk for anyone who missed it! Steve Coffman talks all about the Spruce Production Division in WW1. Our series of free talks will be advertised here so watch this space! greatwargroup.com youtu.be/zrbpXWu_uhw

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Over 500. I decided to extend beyond my limitation in my research, not only cover those Swedish born soldiers who are buried and commemorated on the Western Front. I am now adding those who and are buried in other countries as well. It will be interesting to look into their fates. More to come.

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sweden.se/culture/cele... 13th of December, celebrating Lucia in Sweden.

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“Sorry, Mrs. Carlson, this may not be your brother” – Mixed up AEF repatriations. www.westernfront.se/2024/12/07/s...

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I always want to know who the soldier was, where he came from, when he emigrated, his life as an Immigrant in his new country, his fate as a soldier, and so on. It is not always easy to find the facts. Follow me in my methods in a special case in the link below: www.westernfront.se/2024/12/03/w...

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I have decided to broaden my research to also include SWE born soldiers who participated & fell in the Great war, but buried outside the Western Front in Belgium and France=my limitation so far. Also to include SWE born soldiers who never reached the battlefield. www.westernfront.se/2024/12/01/t...

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🇸🇪🇺🇸It moves me a lot emotionally when walking along the sites where the Swedish American soldiers fell in WW1, and visiting the places where they are buried. Finding facts in the archives making the story more detailed. I visited Carl's latest resting place last week. May he rest in peace 🙏

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🇸🇪🇩🇪Among many sites today, we visited Consenvoye German Military Cemetery to commemorate the Swede, Lt Fredrik Malmsten, who fought on the German side in 1916. He fought for Hill 304, and died on May 5th, 1916. He was born in Malmö, Sweden, 1893, and joined the German Army in 1915.

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🇸🇪🇺🇲 It will not be included on my tour 2025, but we took the little tour today, when in the area. This is a real gem! Sergeant York Trail! Very interesting story with informative signs along the trail. Don't miss this on your next visit to the argonne region.

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🇸🇪🇺🇲Just in time to watch the afternoon flag ceremony at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, and at the same time commemorating some of the Swedish soldiers buried there. Now heading back to Chateau Thierry for the night. Heading east to the Meuse-Argonne and Somme Py area tomorrow.

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🇸🇪🇺🇲 The Recce has begun, first out the area of Belleau Wood and Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, to visit the Swedish born soldiers buried there. Next stop is Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.

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We Will Remember Them

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🇸🇪🇺🇲Need any photos from the Battlefields? During next week I will head down to the Battlefields of France, and especially follow in the footsteps of the Swedes who fought for American Expeditionary Forces. Belleau Wood, Cemeteries like Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse Argonne, St Mihiel etc.

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Continuing to look up the background and history of those Swedish connected soldiers who were a part of the AEF unit often called "Lost Battalion" who experienced their hard situation in the Argonne Woods during 2-7 of October 1918. Some of them didn't make it. Here is my updated list.

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🇸🇪🇺🇸Gustave A Munson belonged to the "Lost Battalion" but survived. He was injured in his right hand. Not born in SWE, but born by SWE parents in Etter, Minnesota. Munson from his father´s surname Johan August Magnusson who emigrated from Säby, Jönköping county, Sweden, 1868->

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1)🇸🇪🇺🇸 Searching in WW1 archives from North Dakota. 28000 N. Dakotans participated in the War, 609 (2,1%) were born in SWE. 474 N. Dakotans Killed in the War (1,6%). 9 of them SWE born (1,8%). One of them was Gust A Oberg (Gustaf Amandus Åberg) born in Nybro. (St Mihiel Am Cem)->

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🇸🇪🇦🇺What is hidden behind the name on a headstone? What is the story about the Swedish born soldier Alfred Lofdahl, today buried at Wareham Cemetery, Dorset, UK? Read the story about Alfred through the link below www.westernfront.se/2024/02/17/t...

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🇸🇪🇺🇸Mostly for my own statistics, but here are a short summary so far regarding soldiers in AEF, Lost Battalion, with confirmed Swedish connections according to digital archive documents.

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In my ongoing work to research more about what reasons made the Swedish born, 1st, and 2nd generation Swedish soldiers to choose side in the Great War. Maybe I am one step closer to the answer. One perspective in my article below. Read more here👇 westernfront.se/2023/12/26/s...

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In order to find more information of the original burials of those Swedes who fell for AEF in WW1, I found more interesting facts about the US born Swen Henry Winberg, born by SWE parents in Pike, Ill, US. Born in Sept 1892, he visited SWE between Oct 1893 to Sept 1894.->

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We really had a great day at the Blekinge Museum archive, where I got the opportunity to touch the words of the Swedish Lieutenant Marcus Grundberg, in his letters from the WW1 western front trenches, on the German side, writing about the "Tommies" on the other side. Really emotional. 🙏

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Evening saved at the Hallbergs place. Tried to find someone with a Viaplay account, it turned out we had it in the house, my son's account 😁😂 We now have a @dr_wendym_RN on speed! 😁#allblacks #swedishguythefixer

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I do as I use to do, spending some overtime in some travel hub. UK won't let me go on normal time, as usual. 😊 Small adventures all the time. Will hopefully open my home door before midnight, but you never know. Still happy though, after a great weekend with @GreatWarGroup 😊👍

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A very nice evening in the company of @greatwargroup 😊

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🇸🇪🇨🇵After I have been trying to find a photo of the headstone of a special soldier in my research, I have finally found it through some support out there. Swedish born Paul Pascal Bergman, Swedish officer, went into the foreign legion, fought and got wounded in Dardanelles, buried in Toulon, France. 🙏

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