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Sten-Eggert Nauclér
Sten-Eggert Vergenhanns Nauclér (24 September 1914 – 5 November 1990) was a Swedish Army officer who served in various conflict areas, in Swedish service, Ethiopian service and as a volunteer. After a few years in the Swedish Army, Nauclér volunteered for service in the Winter War and later in the Continuation War in Finland. He returned to Sweden where he was promoted to captain in 1948 before travelling to Ethiopia to train officers for Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Guards. Nauclér was deployed in Korea with the Kagnew Battalion during the Korean War in 1951 and also served as head of the Ethiopian Liaison Section in Tokyo. In 1956 he was deployed in Egypt with the Swedish UN Battalion during the Suez Crisis and later in the Congo where he was commander of the Swedish UN Battalion during the Congo Crisis. Nauclér retired from the military in 1963 and then worked for a mining corporation in Liberia. During the Biafran War he led a Red Cross team with relief e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Östgöta Correspondenten
''Östgöta Correspondenten'', commonly known as ''Corren'', is a daily Swedish language newspaper in Linköping, Sweden. History and profile ''Östgöta Correspondenten'' was first published in Linköping in 1838. The founder of the paper was Henrik Bernhard Palmær. ''Corren'' was controlled by the Ridderstad family for 168 years, but was sold to Norrköpings Tidningar AB in 2008 for SEK 700 million. The publisher of the paper is Correspondenten i Linköping AB. The paper was published in broadsheet format until 1 February 2005 when it switched to tabloid format. The stated position of the editorial page is liberal. Circulation In 1998 the circulation of ''Östgöta Correspondenten'' was 67,000 copies. The paper had a circulation of 67,200 copies in 2000 and 63,000 copies in 2003 and 62,000 copies in 2004. The circulation of the paper was 48,900 copies in 2012 and 39,900 copies in 2019. See also *List of Swedish newspapers The number of newspapers in Sweden was 235 in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Red Cross And Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. Within it there are three distinct organisations that are legally independent from each other, but are united within the movement through common basic principles, objectives, symbols, statutes and governing organisations. History Foundation Until the middle of the nineteenth century, there were no organized or well-established army nursing systems for casualties, nor safe or protected institutions, to accommodate and treat those who were wounded on the battlefield. A devout Calvinist, the Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant traveled to Italy to meet then-French emperor Napoleon III in June 1859 with the intention of discussing difficulties in conducting business in Algeria, which at that time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Busan
The Port of Busan () is the largest port in South Korea, located in the city of Busan, South Korea. Its location is known as Busan Harbor. The port is ranked sixth in the world's container throughput and is the largest seaport in South Korea. The port is operated by the ''Busan Port Authority'', which was founded in 2004 as a public company. In 2019, around 22 million TEU were handled at 10 container terminals in Busan. History The Port of Busan was established in 1876 as a small port with strict trading between Korea, China and Japan. It is situated at the mouth of the Nakdong River () facing the Tsushima Island of Japan. During the Korean War (1950-1953), Busan was among the few places North Korea did not invade, causing war refugees to flee to the city of Busan. At that time Busan's port was crucial to receive war materials and aid, such as fabrics and processed foods to keep the economy stable. In the 1970s, a rise in the footwear and veneer industries caused factory worker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and some of North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification . Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of . In antiquity, the territory, together with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland, was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Dir Somali sultans with the French, and its railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people voted for independence. This officially marked the establishment of the ''Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea ( ko, í•œêµ, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of Korea) comprising its southern half. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula. The peninsula is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). During the first half of the 1st millennium, Korea was divided between three states, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, together known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In the second half of the 1st millennium, Silla defeated and conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, leading to the "Unified Silla" period. Meanwhile, Balhae formed in the north, superseding former Goguryeo. Unified Silla eventually collapsed into three separate states due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kebur Zabagna
Kebur Zabagna or Zebenya ( am, áŠá‰¡áˆ ዘበኛ, kÉ™bur zãbãňňya, lit=honorable guard) was the Ethiopian imperial guard. Also known as the First Division, this unit served the dual purposes of providing security for the Emperor of Ethiopia, and being an elite infantry division. It was not, however, part of the organizational structure of the Ethiopian regular army as it was part of the ''Zebagna'', the Addis Ababa Guard. The Kebur Zabagna was based at Addis Ababa. Overview Richard Pankhurst dates the formation of the Imperial Bodyguard (previously known as the ''Mehal Sefari'') to 1917, when the Regent Ras Tafari (later the Emperor Haile Selassie) assembled a unit under his direct control from men who had trained in the British army in Kenya as well as a few who had served under the Italians in Tripoli. In 1930 as ''Negus'' he invited a Belgian military mission to train and modernize the Ethiopian military, which included the Kebur Zabagna. The unit was organized in three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Infantry Combat School
The Swedish Infantry Combat School ( sv, Infanteriets stridsskola, InfSS) was a combat arms school of the Swedish Army which operated in various forms from 1874 to 1995. The school was located at Kvarns bruk north of Borensberg. History The Swedish Infantry Combat School (''Infanteriets stridsskola'', InfSS) originated from the Swedish Infantry Gunnery School (''Infanteriskjutskolan'', SS) which was formed in 1878 in Stockholm. Although it was the school's official name, it also came to be called the Shooting School for the Infantry and the Cavalry (''Skjutskolan för infanteriet och kavalleriet''). On 1 October 1942, the school was reorganized into the Swedish Infantry Combat School. On 1 June 1953 the Swedish Army ABC-Defence School was added as a training school within the Swedish Infantry Combat School. On 1 February 1961, the school was organizationally transferred to Svea Life Guards (I 1). On 1 October 1961, the school adopted the name ''Infanteriets stridsskola'' (InfSS), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artillery And Engineering College
Artillery and Engineering College ( sv, Artilleri- och ingenjörhögskolan, AIHS) was a Swedish Army training establishment active between 1878 and 1992, providing courses for artillery officers. It was located within the Stockholm Garrison in Stockholm, Sweden. History The Higher Artillery School (''Högre artilleriläroverket'') at Marieberg was established in 1818. It was initially intended only for the training of artillery officers but after 1830 it was extended gradually to a staff college for the entire armed forces. Between 1842 and 1870 the training of engineers was also located there. The school was transformed in 1866 into a staff college, which in turn in 1878 was divided into two schools, the Royal Swedish Army Staff College and the Artillery and Engineering College. It was moved in 1885 from Marieberg in Stockholm to Artillerigården at Östermalm in Stockholm and underwent restrictive changes in 1904. Teaching was divided into two programmes, an artillery programme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Volunteer Corps (Winter War)
The Swedish Volunteer Corps ( sv, Svenska frivilligkåren) during the Winter War numbered 9,640 officers and men. Sweden was officially non-belligerent during the war, so the Corps was used by Finland. The Swedish volunteers were in the front lines in the northern Salla area starting from February 28, 1940. Their losses included 33 dead, 10 missing, 50 wounded, and 130 disabled by frostbite. There were also 25 aircraft that served in the Swedish Voluntary Air Force, F19. Swedish volunteers also defended Turku in an anti-aircraft battery. By the end of the war, the Volunteer Corps was composed of 8,260 Swedes, plus 725 Norwegians, and 600 Danes. They demonstrated a strong Nordic unity that was symbolized in their "four brother hands" insignia which represented Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Commanders *1940: General Ernst Linder Organization Swedish Volunteer Corps - ''Svenska Frivilligkåren'' ** I. stridsgruppen (Lieutenant-Colonel Magnus Dyrssen, Captain Carl C:so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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