War Diaries, 1939-1945

by Astrid Lindgren

  Marie José of Belgium (1906–2001), married Umberto II of Italy, queen of Italy briefly in 1946

  Märtha of Norway (1901–54), crown princess of Norway and princess of Sweden, married Olav V of Norway in 1929

  Matte, see Viridén, Margareta

  Maugham, W. Somerset (1874–1965), British writer

  Maurois, André (1885–1967), French writer

  Medin, Elisabeth, mother of Florence Shanke who was a colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office

  Michael I of Romania (1921–), king of Romania 1927–30 and 1940–47

  Mistral, Gabriela (1889–1957), pseudonym of Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, Chilean poet and educator, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945

  Molander, Linnéa, home help to the Lindgren family 1939–50

  Molin, Aina, no information available

  Möller, Olle (1906–1983), Swedish sportsman and potato seller who was convicted of two notorious murders, despite his denial of the charges

  Molotov, Vyacheslav (1890–1986), foreign minister of the Soviet Union 1939–49 and 1953–56

  Mörne, Håkan (1900–1961), Finland-Swedish writer

  Mother, see Lindgren, Karolina

  Mum, see Ericsson, Hanna

  Munk, Kaj (1898–1944), Danish dramatist and clergyman, murdered by the Gestapo

  Mussolini, Benito (1883–1945), Fascist dictator of Italy 1922–43

  Nilsson, Rut, probably a colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office

  Nirsch, presumably a colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office, no further information available

  Norwid, Stefan Tadeusz (1902–76), pseudonym of Polish writer Tadeusz Nowacki

  Nyberg, (Miss), presumably friend of Alice and Per Viridén, no further information available

  Nygaardsvold, Johan (1879–1952), Norwegian Social Democrat politician, prime minister 1935–45, led the government in exile from London, 1940–45

  Nygren, (Miss), no information available

  Nyman, Karin (1934–), née Lindgren, Astrid Lindgren’s daughter

  Olav V of Norway (1903–91), king of Norway 1957–91, crown prince during the Second World War

  Oliv, Elsa-Lena (1934–), née Gullander, childhood friend of Astrid’s daughter Karin, Elsa Gullander’s daughter

  Olson, Erik Vilhelm (‘Eveo’) (1891–1970), Swedish writer, journalist and director

  Oterdahl, Jeanna (1879–1965), Swedish writer and teacher

  Ottander, doctor who treated Astrid Lindgren’s daughter Karin, no further information available

  Øverland, Arnulf (1889–1968), Norwegian writer and lyric poet

  Paasikivi, Juho Kusti (1870–1956), Finnish politician and diplomat, ambassador to Sweden 1936–40, to Moscow 1940 –41, prime minister 1944–46, president 1946–56

  Palmgren (Mr and Mrs), presumably friends of Alice and Per Viridén and acquainted with the Lindgrens through them, no further information available

  Paul of Yugoslavia (1893–1976), cousin of Peter II, ruled as regent 1934–1941, until Peter was declared of age

  Per-Martin, see Hamberg, Per-Martin

  Pétain, Philippe (1856–1951), French head of state 1940–44 under the Vichy regime

  Peter, see Viridén, Peter

  Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923–1970), king of Yugoslavia 1934–45

  Quisling, Vidkun (1887–1945), Norwegian politician and founder of the fascist Nasjonal Samling (National Unity Party), Norwegian minister president 1942–45 under German occupation

  Remarque, Erich Maria (1898–1970), German writer

  Reynaud, Paul (1878–1966), French politician, president of the Council of Ministers for three months in 1940

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von (1893–1946), German foreign minister 1938–45

  Rommel, Erwin (1891–1944), army general, commander of Germany’s Afrika Korps

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945), US president 1933–45

  Rosén, no information available

  Rudling, Arvid (1899–1984), lawyer in whose office Astrid Lindgren worked as a shorthand typist

  Runström, Gunvor (1934–), née Ericsson, Astrid Lindgren’s niece, her brother’s daughter

  Rut, see Nilsson, Rut

  Rydick, presumably a colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office, no further information available

  Ryti, Risto (1889–1956), president of Finland 1940–44

  Samuel August, see Ericsson, Samuel August

  Sandemose, Aksel (1899–1965), Danish-Norwegian writer

  Sandler, Rickard (1884–1964), Swedish Social Democrat politician, prime minister 1925–26 and foreign minister 1932–36 and 1936–39

  Segerfelt, childhood friend of Astrid Lindgren’s son Lars, no further information available

  Selassie I, Haile (1892–1975), emperor of Ethiopia 1930 –74

  Shanke, Florence (‘Flory’) (1918–), née Medin, colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office

  Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1908–72), Swedish princess, wife of hereditary prince Gustaf Adolf

  Sigge, see Gullander, Nils Emil Sigurd

  Sillanpää, Frans Eemil (1888–1964), Finnish writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1939

  Silfverstolpe, Gunnar Mascoll (1893–1942), Swedish poet, translator and critic

  Simeon II (1937–), king of Bulgaria 1943–46

  Skyllerstedt, presumably a colleague of Astrid Lindgren at the censor’s office, no further information available

  Stäckig, Göran (1926–2007), childhood friend of Lars Lindgren

  Stäckig, Signe Elisabeth (1899–1974), née Lundström, mother of Göran Stäckig

  Stalin, Joseph (1878–1953), secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1922–52, after the death of Lenin in practice assumed power over the country as a dictator, also formally head of government from 1941

  Stauning, Thorvald (1873–1942), Danish Social Democrat politician, prime minister 1924–26 and 1929–42

  Stellan, see Fries, Stellan

  Stevens, John (‘Esse’) (1925–2007), Lars Lindgren’s foster brother for the first three years of Lars’s life, when he was cared for by the Stevens family in Copenhagen

  Stina, see Hergin, Stina

  Stolpe, Sven (1905–96), Swedish writer, journalist and literary critic Streicher, Julius (1885–1946), German Nazi politician

  Strindlund, Gerhard (1890–1957), Swedish politician, member of Bondeförbundet (the Farmers’ League), minister of social affairs 1936 and communication minister 1938 –39

  Sture, see Lindgren, Sture

  Svensson, Johan Petter (‘Lucke’), ‘Vimmerby’s toughest old boy’, according to the local paper Vimmerby Tidning

  Taina, presumably an evacuated Finnish war child, staying with Elsa Gullander

  Tanner, Väinö (1881–1966), Finnish Social Democrat politician, finance minister 1937–1939, foreign minister 1939–40 and minister for trade and industry 1940–42

  Tedder, Arthur (1890–1967), senior British air force commander

  Terboven, Josef (1898–1945), German Nazi politician, Reichskommissar for Norway during its occupation 1940–45

  Tjerneld, Staffan (1910–89), Swedish journalist and writer

  Truman, Harry S. (1884–1972), American Democratic politician, US vice president 1945 and, following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, president 1945–53

  Umberto II of Italy (1904–1983), king of Italy briefly in 1946

  Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947), king of Italy 1900–46

  Viridén, Alice (‘Alli’) (1904–2003), close friend of Astrid Lindgren and one of the young mothers who used to meet in Vasa Park

  Viridén, Margareta (‘Matte’) (1934–), childhood friend of Astrid’s daughter Karin and daughter of Alice Viridén

  Viridén, Per (‘Pelle’) (1902-86), married to Alice Viridén

  Viridén, Peter, son of Alice Viridén

  Virtanen, Rauno, presumably a Finnish acquaintance of Astrid’s br
other Gunnar Ericsson, who was involved in Swedish aid to Finland

  Wendt, Georg von (1876–1954), Finnish medical research scientist and politician

  Wenner-Gren, Axel (1881–1961), Swedish business leader and financier

  Wickman, Johannes (1882–1957), Swedish publicist, foreign affairs editor of Dagens Nyheter 1918–48

  Wickstrøm, Rolf (1912–1941), Norwegian trade unionist, put to death by the Quisling regime

  Wikberg, Greta, no information available

  Wilhelm II of Germany (1859–1941), German emperor and king of Prussia 1888–1918 and subsequently lived in the Netherlands

  Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962), queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948

  Willkie, Wendell (1892–1944), American Republican politician, presidential candidate and challenger of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 election

  Wrede af Elimä, Brita Anna (1894–1973), writer and film producer

  Wuolijoki, Hella (1886–1954), Estonian-born Finnish writer

  Wuori, Eero (1900–66), Finnish Social Democrat politician and cabinet minister

  Zetterström, Erik (1904–97), Swedish comic writer and columnist who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Kar de Mumma

  Zweig, Stefan (1881–1942), Austrian writer

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