Martin Ekström

Martin Eugen Ekström
Martin Ekström
Born	(1887-12-06)6 December 1887 Gålsbo, Sweden
Died	28 December 1954(1954-12-28) (aged 67) Helsinki, Finland
Allegiance	Sweden German Empire Finland Estonia
Years of service	(1905 - 1941)
Rank	Sergeant (Swedish Army) Captain (Swedish Gendarmerie) Oberleutnant (Imperial German Army) Colonel (Estonian Army) Lieutenant colonel (Finnish Army)
Unit	Swedish Army (1905 - 1911) Swedish Gendarmerie (1911-1915) Imperial German Army (1915-1916) Finnish White Army (1918) Estonian Army (1919) White Guard (1918 - 1934) Finnish Army (1940 - 1941)
Commands held	1918 - Mortar Battery (Finnish White Army) 1918 - Vasa Battalion (Finnish White Army) 1918 - Vasa Regiment (Finnish White Army) 1919 - Finnish Volunteer Battalion (Estonian Army) 1923-1934 Vasa Defence Corps (White Guard) 1940 - 3rd Combat Group (Swedish Volunteer Corps) 1941 - Commander of a Finnish Battalion during the Battle of Hangö
Battles/wars	World War I Estonian War of Independence Latvian War of Independence Winter war Continuation War
Awards	Gold and Silver Bravery Medals of the Order of the Lion and the Sun 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class Ottoman War Medal Cross of Liberty 3rd and 4th Class with Swords (1918) Medal of the Finnish Civil War Medal for the Liberation of Tampere Cross of Liberty I/1 and II/3 (1920) Medal of the Estonian Independence War The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Martin Eugen Ekström (6 December 1887 – 28 December 1954) was a Swedish military adventurer who became the leader of the National Socialist Bloc, an umbrella organization for various fascist and National Socialist groups.

Ekström was born in Gålsbo, Avesta Municipality. During the 1918 Finnish Civil War, he led the Vasa Regiment which was responsible of the Vyborg massacre. Lieutenant colonel Ekström led the 3rd Battlegroup^[1] of the Swedish Volunteer Corps in the Finnish Winter War. He died in Helsinki, aged 67.

Sources

Rees, Philip, ed. (1991). Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890. ISBN 0-13-089301-3.

References

↑ Tendens.se.

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External links

Ekström, Martin Eugen (06.12.1887), in Swedish with photo.
National Enlightenment. Traits in the History of Swedish Antisemitism at the Wayback Machine (archived November 17, 2005)
Swedish Fascism - Why Bother? by Lena Berggren

Far-right politics in Sweden

Groups

Pre-1945	National League of Sweden National Socialist Bloc National Socialist People's Party of Sweden National Socialist Workers' Party New Swedish Movement New Swedish People's League Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party Swedish National Socialist Party

Defunct (post-1945)	Bevara Sverige Svenskt Info-14 Legion Wasa National Alliance Nordic Reich Party National Democrats National Socialist Front National Youth Party of the Swedes Sweden Party White Aryan Resistance

Active	Nordic Resistance Movement Sweden Democrats European Workers Party

People

Pre-1945	Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg Per Engdahl Martin Ekström Elof Eriksson Nils Flyg Birger Furugård Sven Olov Lindholm Adrian Molin

Post-1945	Jackie Arklöv Hampus Hellekant Klas Lund Jimmie Åkesson

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 20478337

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