Gösta Hallberg-Cuula
Gösta Hallberg-Cuula, born Gustaf Eugén Hallberg-Cuula (4 November 1912 in Stockholm, - 14 April 1942 at Jantamajoki), was a Swedish-Finnish Nazi,[1][2][3][4][5][6] soldier and politician.
Biography
[edit]Cuula was the head of propaganda during the 1930s and had membership number 240 in the Swedish National Socialist Workers' Party led by Sven Olov Lindholm.[1][5] When Finland was invaded by Soviet Union in 1939 in the Winter War he volunteered to what he saw as "the brotherland's defense against communism", and obtained as a Finnish citizen the degree of Finnish reserve lieutenant. During the Continuation War he traveled east again and first participated as platoon commander in Swedish Volunteer Battalion at Hanko Peninsula, then in 1942 in the Swedish Volunteer Company at Svir. He also participated in the establishment of Frontmannaföreningen Sveaborg, an association of Swedes in the Waffen SS.
He stepped on a landmine on April 14, 1942, and was buried at Stockholm's Norra begravningsplatsen on May 9. On his tombstone is the inscription "Fell in the East for Sweden".[7][8] In Satakunta, in Cuula's home region of Finland, a memorial for him has been erected in the war hero section of the graveyard.
Hallberg-Cuula is idolized by Swedish neo-Nazis,[3][4] who annually visit his grave to lay flowers there.[6][9][10][5]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b Befolkningen i Sverige 1840–1947, Arkiv Digital, fosterson: Kuula, Gustaf Eugen, läs online, läst: 2 januari 2022.
- ^ Nazismen i Sverige" av Lööw, Heléne. Ordfront förlag. 2015
- ^ a b Nordisk ungdom manifesterar i Stockholm”. www.aftonbladet.se. 29 november 2018. Läst 9 september 2021.
- ^ a b Johannes Cleris (19 november 2018). ”Krigarkungens dödsdag har tappat sprängkraft”. Strömstads tidning. Arkiverad från originalet den 14 april 2022. Läst 14 april 2022.
- ^ a b c ”"Walles höll på ända in i döden"”. dalademokraten.se. 29 september 2015. Läst 9 september 2021.
- ^ a b ”Nordisk ungdom manifesterar i Stockholm”. Borås Tidning. 29 november 2018. Läst 9 september 2021.
- ^ Norra Begravningsplatsen: Kända personer, Hittagraven.se, läs online
- ^ Hallberg Cuula, GUSTAF EUGéN, Svenskagravar.se, läs online, läst: 27 mars 2017.
- ^ ”Hundra nazister mindes Hallberg-Cuula”. Expo.se. 18 april 2006. Läst 9 september 2021.
- ^ Juho Ojala (26 maj 2018). ”Finlandsfrivillige Gösta Hallberg-Cuula – Krigsminnen.se”. Krigsminnen.se. Läst 9 september 2021.
- 1912 births
- 1942 deaths
- Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen
- Finnish military personnel killed in World War II
- Landmine victims
- Swedish collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Swedish journalists
- Swedish people of Finnish descent
- Swedish politicians
- Swedish military personnel killed in action
- Swedish volunteers in the Winter War
- Nazi propagandists