Scandinavian American. [volume], August 01, 1945, Image 1

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Serving the Scandinavian-American Population of the Great Northwest
Vol. 1, No.7
Sweden’ 3 Peace Was Often Endangered
A picture of the recent naval parade in the port of Stockholm, showing some of the 35 units of the squadron.
The biggest and most imposing
naval parade that the Stockholm
t‘rs have ever witnessed took place
in the Swedish capital in the mid—
«lle of June. For the first time
since the war the major part of
the sea-going Swedish Navy, the
so-called "Kustflottan." (Coastal
Fleet) visited Stockholm for three
days. In all 35 units had anchored
in the port. filling the whole in
ner part of the harbor. Among
the ships were seen the three
"coastal battleships" of the “Sver
ige" class. the cruisers “Gotland”
and "Fylgia" and the new mine
cruiser "Alvsnabben." Moreover. the
fleet included a considerable num
ber of destroyers. motor-torpedo
boats and submarines. the latter
moored alongside the submarine
depot ship “Patricia." Most of the
destroyers and the other small
units were new vessels. built dur
ing the war. and some of them
now made their first call at the
Swedish capital.
The high-light of thls naval par
ade was the inspection made by
the Swedish King. With all ships
dressed. the crews manning the
railing. and under a 2l-gun salute
from all the big ships. the 87-year
nld but still very buoyant mon
arch inspected the fleet from his
sloop. The inspection concluded
with a visit on board the flag-ship
"Sverige." where the King dis
tributed the prizes for this year‘s
“King's Shoot." the annual artil
lery contest between the Swedish
mmslal battleships.
The Admiral of thv "Coastal
Flu-pt." Rvar Admiral Ekstrand.
tnld tht‘ prvss that some of the
units wuuld now be laid up. in or
der to rolraso personnel for thv
vxtvnslw‘ mine-swooping wnrk
Gunder Haegg
Sets New Mark
MALMO. Sweden. Aug. 6 Gun
der Haegg. the World's greatest
distance runner. set a new world's
record recently when he ran a
4:014 mile
Hangg‘s tinw bottprod the mark
of his fellow countryman Arne An
dnrssnn by lwn~tvnths of a .wmnd.
Andorssnn boat Hangg by a few
rm»! last your when he run the milv
in 4:016,
Andvrsmm run second 10 Haegg
“t' was clocked in 4:02.
Highly mobile Swedish units were trained for fighting in northern terrain.
which the Navy has to carry out
both inside and outside Swedish
territorial waters. Most vessels.
however. would continue their ox-j
orcises as usual. the Swr‘dish Navyr
thus being always mady tn ful-l
NORWEGIAN VICTORY SANGERFEST
To Be Held In Tacoma On August 25th
Thv 36m Snngvrfvsl of thv Pa
vifiv (‘naat Norwegian Singvrs‘
Association. of which R. (‘. Sagen
s President. is approaching We
welcome it. A grand (‘oneeri of
Norwegian Male (‘hnriises of the
Pacific Northwest Will he held
Saturday evening. Auguut 25m. In
the First Baptist (‘hiiri'h. Tai‘onia.
under the direction of Director in
Chief Professor August Werner of
the University of “'nshlnnton and
Assistant Director Henry Ring
man of Everett. The Seattle Male
Chorus of approximately Til \'l\i('e.~‘
well known throughout the Pa
(‘ifK‘ Northwest will partieipaie
At present all choruses are de
prived of the \'Ol(‘(‘s of many their
members who now are in the
armed forces. Some are lost
forever. having paid the supreme
“{(‘riffl‘l‘ in order that the ideals
of Liberty. Justice, Truth and
Equality may forever prevail
Hearts are heavy for those We
mourn. but remaining voices are
strong. and it is achallegene for us
at home to earry on “'e “'ill find
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AUGUST, 1945
fill its duties. He also pointed out
that tho Navy had through its
wry (‘XISU‘HCI‘ and through its
'mnstant watch contributed muvh
:tnwards making It pnssihlv for
lSwvdvn tn maintain hvr nmitmlity‘
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um arm-Ir. I~ unistam purulv and
prnlmtlun "HR-rt fur lheI state.
during the war. On sonic «wra
; sinns it had to intvrwnv in order
l to prvvvnt Gm‘man warships from
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[enduring plvasun- 1n gn-mg Vuln'
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‘nnw in nthor lands.
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lthv (‘vlohrntmn of Norway‘s Indo
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or evaluate the various reasons
why it was possible for Sweden
to maintain peace but i am deep
ly eonvinced of the important role
played by our armed forces.“ King
Gustaf V said in a reeent message
conveying his thanks to the Swed-
Ish army. navy and air fort‘e.
Throughout the war they were
kept in a high state of mobiliza
tion.
The world-shaking events in the
fall of 1939 caught Sweden inade—
quately prepared, but she started
rearming as never before in her
history. Her yearly defense budget
increased from about 3400009011
to $600,000,000, and her limited re
sources in men and material
Sweden's population is about si\
million and a half were strained
to the utmost.
After the German invasmn of
Denmark and Norway, in April
1940, Sweden found herself in a
strategic situation that eould hard
ly have been worse. Why did not
Germany :1 t t a I‘ k SVVI‘dt‘n also "
"\Ve Were much impressed by the
speedy Swedish mobilization," a
German military attache In Stnu‘k»
holm admitted, indieatmg one oi
the reasons. Highly mobile SWedish
units. trained for fighting in nor»
thern terrain. were rushed towards
the mountainous Norxvegian bur»
der.
Having been t‘llt on from th~
west by the German m‘eiipation
of Denmark and Norway .\‘u'eden
had to rely on her own resources
for her supply of our materials
The expansion oi the amrait lil'
dustry offered partieulirly intrii
('atc~ problems, but its« ipai-ity was
int'reased year by year .\ll types
of :i‘rplzmes Wei-n built .-\rtxller\
tanks armored ears. ett also roi‘,
nt‘ontimied on Pam 2v
Colonel Balchen
Gels Air Medal
(‘nlnno-I Bvrn! Rah-hvn .\mrry
ran-Norwegian Arctic and Antarcv
tu' flywr. has hot-n mrardmi lhq
Amvru-an All“ Modal
Ser‘l‘ Dm‘vmhpr. 1944 (‘nlmwl
Rnlrhon has hH‘n Mahnnml In tho
(My 01' Lulva In Northern Svn-do-n.
fmm where he hm- dirm-lod thv
(ransport by an- of arms. fund and
fuel to Norwvgian patrmls. as well
as Sweden-trainpd N 0 r w r g i a n
troops tn Northern Norway
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