Swedish Volunteer Corps

During the Winter war of 1939-40 the Swedish Volunteer Corps served alongside the Finns in combat.

Swedish Volunteer Corps (Winter War)

The Swedish Volunteer Corps (Svenska Frivilligkåren) during the Winter War numbered 9,640.

Lieutenant colonel Ekström led the 3rd Battlegroup [1] of the Swedish Volunteer Corps in the Finnish Winter War.

The Swedish Volunteer Corps with 8,402 men in Finland - the only common volunteers who had finished training before the war ended - began relieving five Finnish battalions at Märkäjärvi in mid-February.

The Swedish Intervention in the Winter War was a short-lived but successful attempt by the Swedish Volunteer Corps, along with other Nordic volunteers, to prevent a Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter War.