I felt productive today.
Feel free to read my second article of the day.
Transnational Military Service: Two Swedish Brothers in Different Allied Armies during World War I.
www.westernfront.se/2026/03/01/t...
Voices from the Shadows: Forgotten World War I Letters Discovered.
Feel free to read my first impression about the content in the box from my colleague, with cards related to the early years of the First World War.
www.westernfront.se/2026/03/01/v...
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
Connecting text in diaries to the terrain - A Swede on the German side on Ypres Salient.
This is the story about the Captain in the Swedish Army who chose to end his service in Sweden, to apply for service in the German Army during the Great War.👇
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/20/c...
One of my fellow contacts in the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social,
@willisrm73.bsky.social , Dr Rich Willis, wrote a message to me and told me about a very interesting database with German casualty lists from the Great War.
Read more about the soldiers below. 👇
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/15/a...
WANTED!
Is it any American in this community who lives in Oregon or in the Northern part of California, and is planning to travel to Europe this year?
Please let me know through my email below, and I will give more info.
joacim.hallberg@westernfront.se
Thank you very much! 🙏
More about the Swedish Baroness Marika Stjernstedt. From the Swedish Newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" on October 28th, 1915. They say that she was the first civilian woman to visit the French Front. Could it have been like that? @ri315e.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social English translation below.
I have written a small article about the Swedish contribution to the rebuild of the French villages on the battlefield after the Great War. Read it through the link below:
www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...
From the 17th century and mainly during the 19th century, thousands of Swedes emigrated to South Africa.
Red more about one Swedish born soldier who served in the South African Forces during the Great War through the link below.
www.westernfront.se/2026/01/31/a...
Invisible Sacrifice: Commemorating Those Who Served Without Reaching the Frontline
Read my article through the link below.👇
www.westernfront.se/2026/01/25/i...
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
#595. Knute W Nordstrom (Knut Wilhelm Nordström). Born September 26th, 1891 in Hed parish, Västmanland county. He survived the time before the Armistice but later died of Lobar Pneumonia and buried in Luxembourg on March 14th, 1919. He is today buried at the Arlington American Cemetery.
I am scanning lists all over again and sometimes the work comes out with new findings. I am adding three more soldiers to my database, Swedish born, who fought and fell in the Great War. Total number at this date: 593 soldiers. Will I find 600?
#593 - Rudolph (Rudolf) Lundberg, Gestad, Sweden.
Thank you! 😊
What are medals and citations compared to be brave in your eyes of your comrades?
Read the small story about the Swedish born soldier Otto through the link below 👇
www.westernfront.se/2025/12/30/w...
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
Bound by Blood, Broken by War: The story of the Gylfe Brothers.
This is the small story about the Gylfe brothers. One of them didn't come home. One of them was awarded a very nice French Award. I hope you will find it interesting.
www.westernfront.se/2025/12/28/b...
3) 18% of the soldiers in the US Army at that time were foreign born. Around 1 of 5 draftees at that time were born overseas. Some units, like the 77th US Division within the American Expeditionary Force were called "Melting Pot units". I will try to draw more conclusions later.
2) I haven't been able to connect the figures to where they lived as the soldiers mobilized in larger camps, often very far from their hometowns. Between 1901-1920 around 14,5 million immigrants arrived to the USA. Around 500 000 immigrants served in the US Army during the Great War. (cont)
1) I made a small diagram from the data I have in my research, showing in which US Division the Swedish born soldiers who fell (375) in the Great war for the American Expeditionary Force, served. (cont) @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
🇸🇪🇺🇲Memories coming up on Facebook ... The time goes so fast. 14 years ago, 2nd tour in Afghanistan in 2011. A nice UXO demolition day together with a US EOD unit.
The Great War in U.S. County Histories: Reflections on Swedish Immigrant Contributions.
Good Swedes or Bad Swedes? Or where they Swedes? Read more in my small article through the link below👇
www.westernfront.se/2025/12/17/t...
From Sailor to NZEF Soldier: A Swede’s Journey Through War to Find His Way Home.
I ask myself if he joined the war to use that as a way to find a free trip home to Sweden?
Read more through the link below:
www.westernfront.se/2025/12/12/f...
🇸🇪🇺🇲 Not exactly the same frame size, even if it is golden, but finally the certificate is up on my "Great War wall" 🙏 Ringius Williams (Ringius Johansson Wilhelmsson), born December 16, 1891, in Blekinge, Sweden, killed in action during Ypres-Lys offensive, September 2nd, 1918.
The Soldiers in the Photos: A Family’s Quest Through Lost Names and New Lands.
So grateful when Swedish descendants are sharing their family stories.🙏Read my small article below.
www.westernfront.se/2025/12/01/t...
Communication with foreign descendants after the Great War.
Read about the letter from the mother of John R Anderson, who was translated to english during the correspondence between the descendants and the American Government after the Great War.
www.westernfront.se/2025/10/25/c...
Amazing to connect notes in a soldier's notebook to documents in the archives. Below photos of Bertil's notes from October 26th, 1915, and the notes from the unit diary of the 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion, from the same date.
Read more through the link below 👇
www.westernfront.se/2025/09/28/b...
Photo: homeofheroes.com
Photo: https://www.cmohs.org/
From Spanish-American War to the World War in France – The story about the Swedish Medal of Honor recipient Gustaf Adolf Sundquist
Read my story about Gustaf through the link below 👇
www.westernfront.se/2025/08/31/f...
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
I am right now writing small stories about the soldiers I visited on my latest trip to the battlefields in Belgium and France, earlier in July this year. If you want to read about them, just visit my webpage, westernfront.se. Six stories so far.
Hej! jag har sammanställt min databas sedan 2019 från olika arkiv, till att täcka just detta ämne, på min hemsida, westernfront.se. framför allt de som föll, men har även följt upp de som deltog. Har du besökt den? Där finns en hel del info. Återkom gärna via mitt kontaktformulär för mer info! 👍
