Lotta Svärd (poem)

Lotta Svärd (poem)

Lotta Svärd is the fourth poem in the second part of Johan Ludvig Runeberg's epic poem "The Tales of Ensign Stål" from 1860.

The "Lotta Svärd" poem is about a woman who manned a field kitchen during the Finnish War. The name was later used for several Lotta movements (women's auxiliary movements) in the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway).

ee also

* [http://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Lotta_Sv%C3%A4rd The poem "Lotta Svärd" in Wikisource]
*Lotta Svärd - Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women.
*Lottorna - Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Service.


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