List of Swedes who died in the Spanish Civil War

This is a list of Swedes who died in the Spanish Civil War, fighting as volunteers in the International Brigades against the fascists. Almost all of them were Communist.

Approx. 540 Swedes volunteered to go to Spain. At least 164 of them died. This is not the complete list.

A

*Karl Elof Abrahamsson. b. October 31, 1913 in Ursviken. Factory worker. Disappeared during battle in Aragon.

*Axel Alexandersson. b. June 8, 1906. Departed for Spain in May, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Georg Alfredsson. b. June 8, 1915 in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain on February 2, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Fritz Alvar Andersson. b. September 8, 1916 in Råneå. Lumberjack. Departed for Spain in May 1938. Wounded in battle and died at hospital in Barcelona, autumn 1938.

*John Andersson. b. December 18, 1912 in Gothenburg. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Missing in battle.

*Karl Gösta Andersson. b. October 7, 1918 in Borås. Teamster. Died in combat at Serra de Cavalls, September 24, 1938.

*Kurt Andersson. b. February 5, 1915 in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 29, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, March 10, 1937.

*Rolf Aronsson. b. September 6, 1913 in Norway, grew up in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Was wounded in the leg in combat at Jarama. Spent many months in hospital before he returned to battle. Died in combat at Guadalajara, unknown date.

B

*Tage Beckman. b. April 10, 1899 in Karlskrona. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Died in combat, January 1937.

*Emil Bjelke. b. April 15, 1899 in Kungshamn. Dentist. Departed for Spain on Januari 1, 1937. Died in a Firefight.

*Rune Berg. b. September 17, 1910 in Örebro. Sailor. Died in combat at Belchite, March 1938.

*Knut Björk. b. August 12, 1904 in Stockholm, but grew up in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 29, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, March 1937.

*Erik Björlingsson. b. August 27, 1910 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain in February, 1937. Missing in battle.

*Nils Blomqvist. b. August 1, 1915 in Örebro. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, March 1937.

*Henry Erik Borg. b. October 7, 1908 in Norrköping. Sailor. Departed for Spain on June 3, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Henning Brommesson. b. October 10, 1902 in Vinslöv. Departed for Spain in February, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, spring of 1937.

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D

*Karl Dahlström. b. July 13, 1908 in Skåne. Departed for Spain in February, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, spring of 1937.

*Karl Birger Dahlström. b. July 9, 1906 in Degerfors. Sailor. Departed for Spain On January 1, 1937. Promoted to platoon leader. Died in Teruel, January 19, 1938.

*Arne Dahlvid. b. September 2, 1912 in Hälsingborg. Factory worker. Departed for Spain in May, 1937. Died in combat at Teruel, January 1938.

*Alfred Davidsson. b. 1914 in Lomma. Died in battle, unknown date.

E

*Gustav Adolf Edin. b. 1914 in Bastuträsk. Departed for Spain on January 18, 1938. Died in combat, unknown date.

*Lars August Edström. b. June 4, 1916. Departed for Spain in September, 1937. Died in battle at Batea unknown date.

*Emil Fredrik Ekholm. b. January 3, 1912. Metal worker. Departed for Spain in April, 1938. Died in battle at Batea unknown date.

*Holger David Ekström. b. March 27, 1907 in Torshäll. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Promoted to major before he died in combat at Caspe, April, 1938.

*Åke Ekström. b. June 29, 1918 in Gothenburg. Welder. Departed for Spain in March, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Olov Elias Eliasson. b. 1905 in Vilhelmina. Died in battle, unknown date.

*Knut Hilding Elln. b. October 16, 1918 in Borås. Metal worker. Departed for Spain on January 10, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Karl Edvard Engström. b. July 5, 1912 in Sundsvall. Sailor. Missing in battle.

*Folke Valdemar Eriksson. b. July 13, in Karlskrona. Sailor. Missing in battle.

*Rune Sebastian Eriksson. b. March 19, 1912 in Sundsvall. Sailor. Died in Spain, February 1937.

*Karl Erik Georg Ernstedt. b. October 26, 1912 in Stockholm. Corporal in the Swedish Army. Departed for Spain on December, 1936. Died in combat, July 25, 1938.

F

*Nils Fernström. b. October 1, 1915 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Missing in battle.

*Knut Ludvig Sanfrid Flodin. b. April 14, 1905 in Borås. Departed for Spain on January 10, 1938. Died in combat at Ebro, September 8, 1938.

*Georg Sigfrid Frykberg. b. November 7, 1910 in Bromma. Departed for Spain on May 27, 1938. Missing in battle.

G

*Gustav Granhult. b. April 4, 1901 in Karlskrona. Construction worker. Wounded in battle, died at hospital in Barcelona, unknown date.

*Karl Axel Grankvist. b. April 4, 1914. Departed for Spain on January 19, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Anton Gren. b. February 12, 1915 in Landskrona. Departed for Spain in April, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Georg Grönberg. b. May 27, 1914 in Stockholm. Died in Spain from typhus on September 12, 1937.

*Fritz Emil Gustavsson. b. December 10, 1910 in Nora. Drowned in the river Ebro, April 12, 1938.

*Lennart Herman Gustavsson. b. September 22, 1914. Missing in battle at Batea.

*Nils Gunnar Evert Gustavsson. b. June 28, 1915 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on December 28, 1937. Missing in battle.

*Sten Sigurd Gustavsson. b. September 12, 1914 in Ed. Sailor. Departed for Spain on in March 1938. Died in combat at Ebro, unknown date.

H

*Tore Hector. b. January 3, 1913 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on December 11, 1936. Died in combat early in 1937.

*Erik Henriksson. b. May 19, 1912 in Boden. Departed for Spain on May 13, 1938. Died in combat at Ebro, unknown date.

*Allan Gunnar Hermansson. b. September 11, 1903. Metal worker. Missing in battle.

*Alfred Henriksson. b. June 22, 1909 in Blekinge. Missing in battle.

*Torsten Oskar Holmi. b. September 1, 1903 in Sundbyberg. Died in battle at La Granjuela.

*Axel Lennart Holmström. b. April 15, 1916 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on February 4,, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Axel Håkansson. b. March 30, 1918. Departed for Spain on March 11, 1938. Died in battle at Ebro, September 24, 1938.

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J

*Ejnar Halvar Jansson. b. January 21, 1912 in Norrköping. Farmer. Departed for Spain in April 1938. Missing in battle, September 1938.

*Erik Helmer Jansson. b. October 31, 1905 in Ludvika(churchrecord),Falun. Sailor. Went to Spain in 1936. Returned to Sweden in July, 1937. Went back to Spain in January 1938. Died in combat at Ebro, unknown date.

*Bertil Johansson. b. August 13, 1913 in Bohuslän. Departed for Spain on January 29, 1937. Died in combat at Alcala de Henares, spring of 1937.

*Hilding Johansson. b. January 21, 1902 in Karlskrona. Missing after battle at Ebro.

*Hjalmar Johansson. b. March 6, 1914 in Skene. Textile worker. Departed for Spain on January 29, 1937. Died in combat at Jarama, February 1937.

*Karl Edvard Johansson. b. June 7, 1910. Sailor. Departed for Spain in April 1938. Missing in battle, September 1938.

*Nils Evert Johansson. b. December 24, 1916 in Örebro. Departed for Spain on January 18, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Oskar Erland Johansson. b. August 21, 1911 in Ljusdal. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Missing in battle.

*Östen Johansson. b. October 29, 1907 in Norrköping. Metal worker. Died in Spain in the spring of 1937.

*Erik V Johnsson. b. September 12, 1910 in Mörrum. Sailor. Departed for Spain on January 22, 1937. Died in combat at Brunete, July 17, 1937.

*Noge Johnsson. b. November 27, 1913 in Stockholm. Metal worker. Died in Spain, April 1937.

K

*Einar Karlsson. b. in Karlskrona. Died in combat at Guadalajara, unknown date.

*Ewald Karlsson. b. November 13, 1904 in Mölndal. Metal worker. Believed to have died in combat at Guadalajara, spring of 1937.

*Henry Ejnar Sigurd Karlsson. b. March 21, 1918 in Gothenburg. Missing in battle.

*Johan Evert Karlsson. b. October 23, 1914 in Västergötland. Departed for Spain in March, 1938. Died in combat at Ebro, unknown date.

*Kurt Karlsson. b. June 18, 1915 in Valdemarsvik. Metal worker. Died in battle at Gandesa, unknown date.

*Oskar Herbert Karlsson. b. May 25, 1907 in Rogberga. Sailor. Missing in battle.

*Ture Karlsson. b. June 30, 1908 in Karlskrona. Missing in battle.

*Henning Kautto. from Arvidsjaur. Departed for Spain on May 6, 1938. Died in battle at Gandesa, unknown date.

*Erik August Kempe. b. January 7, 1899. Departed for Spain in January, 1938. Died unknown date.

L

*Herbert Vändel Larsson. b. November 24, 1904 in Borås. Died in battle at Ebro, September 1938.

*Karl Henry Larsson. b. October 8, 1910 in Oskarshamn. Sailor. Departed for Spain in April, 1938. Died in battle at Ebro, September 10, 1938.

*Mauritz Larsson. b. March 31, 1906 in Lysekil. Departed for Spain in February 1937. Missing in battle.

*Nils Larsson. b. April 4, 1902 in Stockholm. Warehouse worker. Departed for Spain on April 1, 1938. Missing in battle

*Per Gustav Lindberg. b. March 28, 1900. Sailor. Departed for Spain in November 1937. Missing in battle.

*Bertil Ljörner. b. September 17, 1912 in Värmland. Sailor. Departed for Spain on December 11, 1936. Died in combat at Guadalajara, 1937.

*Johan Sigurd Lundberg. b. May 6, 1913 in Holmsund. Sailor. Departed for Spain in May 1938. Missing in battle.

*Sven Edvard Lundin. b. March 17, 1913 in Sundbyberg. Metal worker. Departed for Spain on March 25, 1938. Wounded in battle, August 1938. Died unknown date.

*Vincent Lundkvist. b. March 1, 1913 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on March 11, 1938. Missing in battle.

*Robert Lundström. b. October 9, 1903 in Arjeplog. Of Sami origin. Sailor. Died in combat at Jarama, February 1937.

*Nils Gustav Lööf. b. October 30, 1899 in Stockholm. Construction worker. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Missing in combat.

M

*Ernst Mattsson. b. August 13, 1905 in Gothenburg. Died in battle at Ebro, September 24, 1938.

*Ernst Albert Emanuel Mattsson. b. October 10, 1918 in Borås. Teamster. Date of death, unknown.

*Olle Meurling. b. August 13, 1909 in Uppsala. Studied theology in Uppsala to be a priest, like his father, but became a communist instead. Departed for Spain on November 30, 1936. Died in combat outside Madrid, December 30, 1936. Meurling was the first Swedish volunteer to fall in combat.

*Erik Molin. b. January 23, 1914 in Motala. Metal worker. Date of death, unknown.

*Erik Viktor Morin. b. October 22, 1902 in Oskarshamn. Sailor. Departed for Spain in November 1937. Missing in battle.

*Åke Mossfeldt. from Stockholm. Metal worker. Died in combat, September 22, 1938.

N

*Gustav Nilsson. b. August 16, 1900 in Skåne. Metal worker. Lived a couple of years in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. Died at a hospital in Albacete late 1937 or early 1938.

*Hilding Nilsson. b. April 12, 1908 in Lomma. Date of death, unknown.

*Karl Nilsson. b. January 25, 1905 in Piteå. Sailor. Departed for Spain in February 1938. Died of illness, late 1938.

*Knut Nilsson. b. January 13, 1913 in Skåne. Departed for Spain in March 1938. Date of death, unknown.

*Karl Ingvar Nordén. b. March 19, 1909 in Arvidsjaur. Lumber jack. Was wounded in combat at Belchite and died at a hospital in Albacete December 21, 1937.

*Sune Hilding Nyholm. b. August 8, 1915. Sailor. Departed for Spain on April 1, 1938. Date of death, unknown.

O

*Gottfrid Leonard Olofsson. b. December 18, 1901 in Örebro. Sailor. Departed for Spain on July 26, 1937. Died in battle at Ebro, September 1938.

*Hans Ruben Ove Olovsson. b. December 20, 1914 in Kiruna. Sailor. Departed for Spain on April, 1938, and died in battle at Batea.

*Harry Olsson. b. January 17, 1915 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Date of death unknown.

*Henry Olsson. b. September 29, 1907. Sailor. Died in combat at Jarama, February 1937.

*Nils Olsson. b. February 6, 1915. Died in battle at Ebro, September 8, 1938.

*Sven Albanus Olsson. b. April 1, 1912 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain in January 1938. Missing in battle.

P

*Åke Bertil Persson. b. December 23, 1918 in Uddevalla. Painter. Missing in battle from September 1938.

*Gunnar Pettersson. b. February 8, 1912 in Blekinge. Died in combat at Belchite.

*Gunnar Pettersson. b. April 14, 1917 in Gothenburg. Departed for Spain in May 1938. Date of death, unknown.

*Henry Valdemar Pettersson. b. September 1, 1916 in Gothenburg. Metal worker. Departed for Spain on January 28, 1938. Date of death, unknown.

*Tore Pettersson. b. June 13, 1915 in Eskilstuna. Metal worker. Departed for Spain in May, 1937. Died in combat at Batea August 1938.

Q
R

*Krister Reuterswärd. b. October 26, 1915 in Solna. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Died in combat at Jarama, February 16, 1937.

*Göte Emanuel Ringkvist. b. September 29, 1913 in Norrköping. Date of death, unknown.

*Harry Roth. b. August 1, 1908. Welder. Departed for Spain on January 28, 1938. Date of death, unknown.

S

*Nils Verner Samuelsson. b. April 24, 1911Kungshamn. Metal worker. Died in battle, September 23, 1938.

*Gunnar Sandahl. b. January 25, 1908. Departed for Spain on January 8, 1937. Date of death, unknown.

*Gunnar Sandelin. b. December 4, 1919 in Gothenburg. Died in combat at Ebro, July 1938.

*Gunnar Alrik Sanell. b. May 19, 1910 in Jönköping. Departed for Spain in February 1938. Missing in battle.

*Klas Seth. from Motala. Departed for Spain in April 1938. Date of death, unknown.

*David Oskar Gösta Sethsson. b. June 26, 1907 in Oskarshamn. Electrician. Departed for Spain on June 10, 1938. Died in combat at Ebro.

*Karl Olov Severin. b. August 24, 1914. Departed for Spain on March 8, 1938. Died in combat, September 8, 1938.

*Ragnar Sjödin. b. January 25, 1919 in Sundsvall. Sailor. Departed for Spain in April, 1938. Wounded in battle at Corbera, died in hospital, unknown date.

*Ragnar Severin Skotte. b. June 1, 1900 in Askersund. Farmer. Departed for Spain on January 1, 1937. Died in combat at Jarama, February 21, 1937.

*Tore Sten. b. November 10, 1912. Metal worker. Departed for Spain in February, 1937. Was wounded in battle at Ebro. Died of blood loss after having had his leg amputated, unknown date.

*Gösta Stenholm. b. June 29, 1913 in Säffle. Welder. Departed for Spain on January 10, 1938. Died in battle at Ebro.

*Kurt Gösta Söderberg. b. November 22, 1908 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain in February 1938. Missing in battle.

T

*Skoglar Tidström. b. November 20, 1909 in Gävle. Wounded in battle, died in hospital in Murcia, May 1937.

*H.E.S. Thegelberg. b. February 10, 1908 in Stockholm. Farmer. Departed for Spain in April 1938. Date of death, unknown.

*Per Harry Thunström. b. December 1, 1913 in Stockholm. Departed for Spain on January 29, 1937. Died in combat at Guadalajara, March 1937.

U

*Gillis Utanskog. b. March 19, 1917 in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain on February 5, 1938. Missing in battle.

V

*Johan Evald Vennberg. b. October 2, 1912 in Gällivare. Corporal. Departed for Spain on July 6, 1937. Date of death, unknown.

*Gustav Arne Vestberg. b. November 9, 1918 in Gothenburg. Sailor. Departed for Spain in November 1937. Missing in battle.

W

*Johan Wennergren. b. November 23, 1917 in Gothenburg. Metal worker. Departed for Spain in November 1937. Died in spring of 1938.

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