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Suoma Af Hällström
Suoma Helena Loimaranta-Airila, (first married surname af Hällström), (née Lindstedt; surname Finnicization, Finnicized to Loimaranta before marriage) (10 March 1881 – 3 November 1954) was a Finnish doctor and an active member of the Lotta Svärd women's auxiliary paramilitary organisation. Early life and education Suoma Helena Lindsted was born on 10 March 1881 in Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland to Hilma (née Nyholm) and Wilhelm Lindstedt, a county vicar. Loimaranta graduated from high school in 1901. She and a number of her siblings changed their Swedish surname to the Finnish Loimaranta in 1906 as part of the Finnicization Finnish name#Surnames, surname switch inspired by Romantic nationalism. About 70,000 Finns changed their surnames between 1906 and 1907 in response to a call from author Johannes Linnankoski to mark the centenary of the Finnish nationalist, philosopher and statesman Johan Vilhelm Snellman. Suoma Loimaranta qualified as a licensed doctor of medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotta Svärd
Lotta Svärd () was a Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women. Formed originally in 1918, it had a large membership undertaking volunteer social work in the 1920s and 1930s. It was formed to support the White Guard. During the Second World War, it mobilized to replace men conscripted into the army. It served in hospitals, at air raid warning positions, and other auxiliary tasks in close cooperation with the army. The women were officially unarmed except for an antiaircraft battery in 1944. Virtanen argues that, their "accountability to the nation took a masculine and military form in public, but had a private, feminine side to it including features like caring, helping and loving." The organisation was disbanded by the government after the war. Name The name comes from a poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Part of a large and famous book, ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'', the poem described a fictional woman named Lotta Svärd. According to the poem, a Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
