During the Second World War, there was a great need for pilots, and the Swedish Pilots' Union had a maximum of 110,813 active pilots in service.
In Lycksele Lottakår, we find Anna Kihlgren, a medical pilot who went to Boden in March 1942 to help receive Finnish war children and prepare them for further travel to various foster families in the country. On her return to Lycksele, Anna gave a talk in which she recounted her ten days in Boden in a very vivid and detailed manner.
The written lecture has been preserved and here you can take part in her experiences in the form of a film made by Petter Engman and Marianne Folkedotter at Västerbotten Museum. Using old photographs and newsreels from the time, they have captured her story. It gives us an insight into the work of Central Finn Church Aid in receiving the approximately 70,000 Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden between 1939-1945 to be saved from the war.
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During the Second World War, the need for “Lottor” (female home guard soldiers/nurses) was great and “Svenska Lottakåren” had at most 110,813 active women in service.
In Lycksele Lottakår we find Anna Kihlgren, a health care lotta who in March 1942 went to Boden to help receive Finnish war children and prepare them for onward travel to various foster families in the country. On her return to Lycksele, Anna gave a talk in which she tells in a very colorful and detailed way about her ten days in Boden.
The written talk has been preserved and here you can share her experiences in the form of a film made by Petter Engman and Marianne Folkedotter at the Västerbotten museum. With the help of old photographs and newspaper films from that time, they have illustrated her story. It gives us an insight into “Centrala Finlandshjälpens” work in receiving the approximately 70 000 Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden between the years 1939–1945 in order to be saved from the war.
In Swedish.
