Gustaf Ekström

Gustaf Ekström
Born Hilding Gustaf Sigvard Ekström
(1907-10-09)October 9, 1907
Stockholm
Died June 16, 1995(1995-06-16) (aged 87)
Lund

Hilding Gustaf Sigvard Ekström (October 9, 1907[1] - July 16, 1995[2]) was a Swedish chemist, SS volunteer, and co-founder of the Sweden Democrats party.[3][4]

Biography

Gustaf Ekström was born in the Hedvig Eleonora parish of Stockholm in 1907,[1] the son of gymnastics director Johan Gottfrid Samuel Ekström from Undersvik and of Hilda Katarina Mickelsson from Färila. Both had been residing in Stockholm since 1899. After his mother's divorce, Gustaf Ekström moved to Lindesberg with his mother and her sister.

Ekström graduated as an engineer and moved to New Jersey in the United States in 1929, where he worked at an oil refinery and later as a sailor. In 1932 he returned to Sweden and joined the Swedish National Socialist Party (SNSP) under the leadership of Birger Furugård, and a year later joined the Swedish Socialist Assembly (SSS) led by Sven Olov Lindholm. In October 1936, he became Federal Secretary of the Nordic Youth. He volunteered to join the Waffen SS in 1941, serving in the 5th SS-Panzer Division "Wiking" before moving to the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. He achieved the degree SS - Rottenführer and served from 1942-1945 at the SS-Hauptamt in Berlin, where he translated, among other things, Swedish newspaper articles to German for the needs of Nazi Germany.

After World War II, Ekström stayed in Germany and studied chemistry. Upon retiring, he returned to Sweden and founded the Sweden Democrats party in 1988, at the age of 81. He was initially elected auditor of the newly formed party and was elected to the party board the following year. He died at the Sankt Hans Assembly in Lund in 1995, and is buried at the cemetery in Färila.[3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Rotemansarkivet
  2. ↑ Sveriges dödbok 1947–2003
  3. 1 2 "Här är en av landets mest övertygade nazister begravd". st.nu (in Swedish). 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. 1 2 Gäst (2014-02-04). "Nazisterna som skapade Sverigedemokraterna". ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ↑ Gravar.se Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine.
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