Lars Gyllenhaal

In April 1942 Adolf Hitler stated that only the Battle of Moscow and the Norwegian campaign had been ”absolutely decisive” actions. Why then...

One of the about 200 Norwegians who fought in Spain 1936-39. The Swedish cover photo of the unknown Norwegian member of the International...

Nope, I have not joined the Foreign Legion and at my age I do not think I would be accepted either. But have a good April 1st! And... i...

Henrik Angell from Norway joined the French Foreign Legion and fought against the WWI German Army and early Red Army. Thanks to Henrik L, ...

This French helmet from Norway, probably Narvik, was about to be melted down in Luleå, Sweden. I visited the owner of this helmet during the...

Foreign legionnaire Elow Nilson is highlighted in the French edition of Swedish author Peter Englund's "The Beauty and the Sorrow...

One of my favourite finds during the 2010 hikes around Narvik, a Norwegian soldiers´s collapsible spade, a moment after it was spotted by a ...

I knew that in Paris, in the Swedish Church, there is a large memorial with the names of the Swedes in the French Foreign Legion who died f...

The about forty Swedes in the French Foreign Legion during WWI are a rather elusive bunch, but I just found a new photograph of one of them,...