Edvard Karvonen
Edvard Karvonen | |
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Nickname(s) | Eetu[1] |
Born | (1905-07-19)19 July 1905 East Karelia, Russian Empire |
Died | 5 October 1973(1973-10-05) (aged 68) Lahti, Finland[2] |
Allegiance | White Finland Estonia Nazi Germany Finland |
Service/ | White Guard Pohjan Pojat French Foreign Legion Sturmabteilung Schutzstaffel Legion Condor Finnish Army |
Rank | Vääpeli |
Battles/wars | Finnish Civil War Estonian War of Independence Aunus expedition Spanish Civil War Winter War Continuation War |
Awards | Several unspecified Nazi awards[3] |
Edvard Karvonen (19 July 1905 - 5 October 1973)[2] was a Finnish Nazi and a soldier.
Biography
Karvonen was born in Eastern Karelia. He took part in the Battle of Viipuri as a 13-year-old. After the civil war, he took part in the Heimosodat in Estonia and the Aunus expedition and served in the French Foreign Legion between 1920 and 1923. In 1926 he moved to Germany and joined the Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel. While studying arts in Germany, he joined the Condor Legion and took part in the Spanish Civil War. He took part in the Winter War where he was wounded in the head and lost an eye. He was wounded 8 times during his life, for the last time in 1941 in the attack phase of the Continuation War, by the river Lotta.[1][2][4]
Karvonen took part in the Lapua Movement, was a founding member of the Sortavala chapter of National Socialist Union of Finland and later the head of security of the Finnish National Socialist Labor Organisation.[3][5]
Karvonen was a polyglot; he could fluently speak Swedish, Russian, German and Finnish.[4]
Family
Karvonen lived with his common law wife Olga Kekäläinen, a Finnish expatriate from the Soviet Union.[3] They had one daughter.[2]
References
- ^ a b Esko Paavola (1977). "Aseveli Karvosen kahdeksas sota". Kansa Taisteli.
- ^ a b c d Aino Koppi (26 March 2007). "Mistä hän tuli ja minne taas lähti?" (PDF). Kurkijokelainen.
- ^ a b c Roselius, Aapo & Silvennoinen, Oula & Tikka, Marko: Suomalaiset fasistit - Mustan sarastuksen airuet. WSOY, 2016. ISBN 9789510401323.
- ^ a b Westerlund, Lars: Cirkus Collani : de finländska SS-frivilliga 1941–43 : en sedesskildring baserad på de frivilligas egna berättelser, s. 122. Helsinki: Books on Demand, 2017. ISBN 978-951-568-17196-4-1.
- ^ Ekberg, Henrik (1991). Führerns trogna följeslagare. Den finländska nazismen 1932–1944. Schildts. pp. 174–175. 951-50-0522-1.
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