Svante Grände
Svante Grände (26 March 1947 – 14 October 1975) was a Swedish aid worker and guerrilla fighter in Latin America during the 1970s. He was one of two known Swedish citizens to be killed in the Dirty War in Argentina, the other being Dagmar Hagelin.
Svante Grände | |
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| Born | 26 March 1947 Tvååker, Sweden |
| Died | 14 October 1975 Tucumán Province, Argentina |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | aid worker |
| Known for | being one of the two Swedish citizens to be killed in the Dirty War |
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Biography
Grände was born in Tvååker, Sweden and was the fifth out of seven children of vicar Gustaf Grände and Anna-Carin Crona.[1] He became an aid worker (part of UBV) in Chile in 1971 and after the 1973 coup d'état he joined the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), an armed resistance movement that fought dictator Augusto Pinochet.[2] There he was given the title el Comandante Julio.[3] After months on the run in the mountains of southern Chile he and other surviving guerrilla members were able to escape to Argentina. There Grände joined the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) and became lieutenant in the beginning of 1975.[4][5]
Grände was killed by the Argentine military in an ambush on 14 October 1975 in Tucumán Province, Argentina.[2] He was at the time part of the mountain guerrilla company called "Ramón Rosa Jiménez".[5]
References
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- Schottenius, Maria (2014-09-08). "Maria Schottenius: Förbjud svenska medborgare att delta i krig i andra länder" [Maria Schottenius: Ban Swedish citizens to participate in wars in other countries]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- Camacho, Fernando (October 2006). "European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 81, October 2006" (PDF). Los asilados de las Embajadas de Europa Occidental en Chile tras el golpe militar y sus consecuencias diplomáticas: El caso de Suecia (in Spanish). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- Lapidus, Arne (2015-09-22). "Svenskarna som stred, och dog, för andra länder" [The Swedes who fought, and died, for other countries]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- Gyllenhaal, Lars; Westberg, Lennart (2015). Svenskar i krig 1945-2015 [Swedes in war 1945-2015] (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska media. ISBN 9789175450834. SELIBR 17853087.