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The '''Swedish Military Interpreter School''' (Swedish: ''Försvarets tolkskola''; ''TolkS'') is a joint armed forces language school within the [[Swedish Armed Forces]] that has operated in various forms since [[1957]]. The school's staff is located in Uppsala Garrison in [[Uppsala]].
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The '''Swedish Military Interpreter School''' (Swedish: ''Försvarets tolkskola''; ''TolkS'') is a prestigious and demanding joint armed forces language school within the [[Swedish Armed Forces]], especially training students in [[Russian]]. 
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The alumni form an elitist group in Swedish society. Many having high positions, they stick together socially and form a strong deep state network, and also keep up the ties to the militarily and intelligence services.
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==Overview==
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The school has operated in various forms since [[1957]]. The school's staff is located in Uppsala Garrison in [[Uppsala]].
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The military interpreter training at the school, since 2011, is a specialist officer training for [[reserve officers]] over a total of one and a half years. The education begins with basic military training, and then follows a preparatory [[officer]] course, with a focus on officer skills. The basic training is normally assigned to another military unit.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160813152812/http://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/vagen-in/utbildningsstarter/gmu/?start=2017-01-09#a=active&tab=startdate&d2017-01-09=2017-01-09</ref> After completing basic training, position training begins at the [[Armed Forces Intelligence and Security Centre]] in Uppsala, where they receive an intensive 18 months course in Russian. The cadets also receive civilian higher education credits for the language studies.<ref name=if>Susanne Högdahl (2008). Sven-Åke Haglund. red. ''Ryskan ut... efter 50 år''. Insats & Försvar (Försvarsmakten) (4): sid. 11. 1652-3571.</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113014/http://www.militartolkar.org/filarkiv/vn070918.pdf</ref>
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Ever since the beginning in [[1957]], soldiers/conscripts and now officers have been trained in [[Russian]]. During the educational years 2006-2008, new conscription training in [[Arabic]] and [[Persian]] (Dari) was started, while the teaching materials in Russian were modernized.<ref name=if/>  Up until [[2003]], conscripts were also trained in Russian at the [[ Försvarets radioanstalt|Defense Radio Institute]] (FRA). The first woman graduated from the Interpreting School in 1999.
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==Courses==
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*Arabic, Russian or French for military interpreters - SOU/R (18 months)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210419140243/https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/utbildning/befattningsguiden/officers-befattningar/militartolk/</ref>
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*Russian for the National Defense - GU Interrogator (11.5 months)
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*Albanian and Serbian for the Foreign Force in [[Kosovo]] (5 weeks)
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*The Iranian language Dari for the Swedish troops in [[Afghanistan]] (5 weeks)
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*Cultural understanding (1 week)
  
 
==Some alumni==
 
==Some alumni==
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till UD''. Expressen, 1991-02-20</ref>  
 
till UD''. Expressen, 1991-02-20</ref>  
  
The alumni has an internal social network among the former students, represented in organizational form as an association, or fellowship, tied very close to TolkS, by the name of ''Befälsföreningen Militärtolkar''. While the name suggests being exclusively for military interpreters, it also includes members from other branches of the Swedish Military Intelligence with language training.<ref>https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1390451/FULLTEXT01.pdf</ref>
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The alumni stick together socially and form a strong network even after the studies. There is a peer association for former interpreter school students, by the name of ''Befälsföreningen Militärtolkar''.<ref>https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1390451/FULLTEXT01.pdf</ref>, which works to keep the contact between the interpreters alive even after the training. It has close to 400 members and arranges courses and lectures as well as publishes a member magazine. The former interpreters always react strongly to accusations that they constitute some kind of cult or secret network.<ref name=tolkar>https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113003/http://www.militartolkar.org/cpg1410/albums/ovrigt/di021028_1.pdf</ref>
  
 
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*[[Martin Andersson]]<ref name="O&S">Orton, Frank, & Sven-Ivan Sundqvist, red (2011). ''Sigge och hans 1000 elever: Tolkskolan i Uppsala 1957-1989.'' Stockholm: SIS ägarservice</ref>
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*[[Martin Andersson]]<ref name="O&S">Orton, Frank, & Sven-Ivan Sundqvist, red (2011). ''Sigge och hans 1000 elever: Tolkskolan i Uppsala 1957-1989.'' Stockholm: SIS ägarservice</ref> founder and chairman Brunswick UBS Warburg
 
*[[Johan Anglemark]] editor
 
*[[Johan Anglemark]] editor
 
*[[Erik Belfrage]]  diplomat, banking executive, and political consultant
 
*[[Erik Belfrage]]  diplomat, banking executive, and political consultant
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*[[Lars Calmfors]]<ref>http://www-2.iies.su.se/~lcalmfor/position.htm</ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in international economics
 
*[[Lars Calmfors]]<ref>http://www-2.iies.su.se/~lcalmfor/position.htm</ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in international economics
 
*[[Staffan Carlsson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Staffan Carlsson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
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*[[Staffan Crona]] leader of Swedish National Debt Office
 
*[[Östen Dahl]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, linguist
 
*[[Östen Dahl]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, linguist
 
*[[Hans Dalborg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, chairman in [[Nordea]]
 
*[[Hans Dalborg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, chairman in [[Nordea]]
 
*[[Malcolm Dixelius]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former foreign correspondent [[SVT]] and others
 
*[[Malcolm Dixelius]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former foreign correspondent [[SVT]] and others
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*[[Urban Doverholt]] businessman
 
*[[Klas Eklund]]<ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist
 
*[[Klas Eklund]]<ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist
 
*[[Mathias Eklöf]] businessman
 
*[[Mathias Eklöf]] businessman
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*[[Per Enerud]] Russia expert at [[SVT]]
 
*[[Horace Engdahl]]<ref name=Varnpliktsnytt>https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192545/http://www.varnpliktsnytt.se/reportage.php?id=3636&datum=2007-09-18</ref><ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, former permanent secretary of [[Svenska Akademien]] (värnplikt 1967/68)
 
*[[Horace Engdahl]]<ref name=Varnpliktsnytt>https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192545/http://www.varnpliktsnytt.se/reportage.php?id=3636&datum=2007-09-18</ref><ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, former permanent secretary of [[Svenska Akademien]] (värnplikt 1967/68)
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*[[Paul Leander-Engström]] founder and owner of of Prosperity Capital Management
 
*[[Göran Ennerfelt]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, business manager
 
*[[Göran Ennerfelt]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, business manager
 
*[[Peter Ericson (diplomat)|Peter Ericson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Peter Ericson (diplomat)|Peter Ericson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
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*[[Harry Flam]] economist
 
*[[Harry Flam]] economist
 
*[[Lars Fredén]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Lars Fredén]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
*[[Stig Fredrikson]]<ref name="I&F">Susanne Högdahl (2008). Sven-Åke Haglund. red. ''”Ryskan ut... efter 50 år”. Insats & Försvar'' (Försvarsmakten) (4): sid. 11. 1652-3571.</ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist
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*[[Stig Fredrikson]]<ref name="I&F">Susanne Högdahl (2008). Sven-Åke Haglund. red. ''”Ryskan ut... efter 50 år”. Insats & Försvar'' (Försvarsmakten) (4): sid. 11. 1652-3571.</ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist, newspaper CEO
 
*[[Christer Fåhraeus]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, researcher, entrepreneur and investor
 
*[[Christer Fåhraeus]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, researcher, entrepreneur and investor
 
*[[Staffan Grenstedt]] priest, missionary
 
*[[Staffan Grenstedt]] priest, missionary
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*[[Laurent Leksell]] businessman
 
*[[Laurent Leksell]] businessman
 
*[[Björn Lindgren]], former spokesman Grön Ungdom ([[Swedish Green Party]])
 
*[[Björn Lindgren]], former spokesman Grön Ungdom ([[Swedish Green Party]])
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*[[Gustaf Lindencrona]] Rector [[Stockholm University]]; son of Stay behind leader [[Alvar Lindencrona]]
 
*[[Magnus Ljunggren]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, author and translator
 
*[[Magnus Ljunggren]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, author and translator
 
*[[Gunnar Lund]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Gunnar Lund]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Johan Lybeck]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor, konsult, author, debater
 
*[[Johan Lybeck]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor, konsult, author, debater
 
*[[Björn Lyrvall]], Ambassador
 
*[[Björn Lyrvall]], Ambassador
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*[[Torbjörn Magnusson]] insurance CEO
 
*[[Mattias Miksche]], entrepreneur and investor
 
*[[Mattias Miksche]], entrepreneur and investor
 
*[[Johan Molander (diplomat)|Johan Molander]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Johan Molander (diplomat)|Johan Molander]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Per Molander]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, director-general
 
*[[Per Molander]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, director-general
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*[[Johan Munck]] legal councilor
 
*[[Carl Magnus Nesser]], Ambassador
 
*[[Carl Magnus Nesser]], Ambassador
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*[[Nils Nilsson]] CEO Orc Software
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*[[Olle Nordberg]] Leader of the Dag Hammarskiöld Foundation
 
*[[Stefan Noreén]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Stefan Noreén]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Agne Nordlander]] theologian
 
*[[Agne Nordlander]] theologian
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*[[Morgan Olofsson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist
 
*[[Morgan Olofsson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist
 
*[[Frank Orton]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ombudsman for discrimination
 
*[[Frank Orton]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ombudsman for discrimination
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*[[Per-Anders Ovin]] leader of Enskilda Securities
 
*[[Joakim Palme]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
 
*[[Joakim Palme]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
 
*[[Torsten Persson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist
 
*[[Torsten Persson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist
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*[[Kryddan Peterson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, comedian
 
*[[Kryddan Peterson]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, comedian
 
*[[Svante Pääbo]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, biologist
 
*[[Svante Pääbo]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, biologist
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*[[Torbjörn Ranta]] CEO Vostok Nafta
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*[[Torvald Ranta]] lawyer, spokesman for [[Refaat el Sayed]]
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*[[Erland Ringborg]] Director-general of [[Swedish Institute]]
 
*[[Ola Ringdahl]] businessman
 
*[[Ola Ringdahl]] businessman
 
*[[Magnus Robach]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
 
*[[Magnus Robach]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Ambassador
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*[[Christoffer Saidac]] lawyer
 
*[[Peter Semneby]] diplomat
 
*[[Peter Semneby]] diplomat
 
*[[Otto Sjöberg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former Editor-in-chief ''[[Expressen]]''
 
*[[Otto Sjöberg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former Editor-in-chief ''[[Expressen]]''
 
*[[Michael Sohlman]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, CEO of the Nobel Foundation
 
*[[Michael Sohlman]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, CEO of the Nobel Foundation
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*[[Staffan Sohlman]] Head of the Government Office's coordination secretariat for security policy intelligence matters
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*[[Kjell Spångberg]] entrepeneur
 
*[[Ulf Stange]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, diplomat
 
*[[Ulf Stange]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, diplomat
 
*[[Olle Stenholm]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former  journalist and foreign correspondent at SR and [[SVT]]
 
*[[Olle Stenholm]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former  journalist and foreign correspondent at SR and [[SVT]]
*[[Sven-Ivan Sundqvist]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>economist
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*[[Lennart Sunden]] CEO Swedish Match
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*[[Sven-Ivan Sundqvist]]<ref name="O&S"></ref> journalist, economist
 
*[[Oscar Swartz]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>,  internet entrepreneur and economist
 
*[[Oscar Swartz]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>,  internet entrepreneur and economist
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*[[Daniel Tarschys]] Professor in political science
 
*[[Jan Teorell]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
 
*[[Jan Teorell]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
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*[[Göran Tunhammar]] CEO [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]]
 
*[[Jan Erik Walter]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former teacher at Tolkskolan
 
*[[Jan Erik Walter]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, former teacher at Tolkskolan
 
*[[Anders Westholm]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
 
*[[Anders Westholm]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, professor in political science
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*[[Mattias Westman]] founder and owner of of Prosperity Capital Management
 
*[[Gunnar Wetterberg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Leader for society matters at Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
 
*[[Gunnar Wetterberg]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Leader for society matters at Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations
 
*[[Svante Weyler]]<ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist, publisher.
 
*[[Svante Weyler]]<ref name="I&F"></ref><ref name="O&S"></ref>, journalist, publisher.
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*[[Erik Åsbrink]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Minister of Finance
 
*[[Erik Åsbrink]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, Minister of Finance
 
*[[Andreas Ådahl]] civil servant
 
*[[Andreas Ådahl]] civil servant
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*[[Johannes Åhman]] journalistGustaf Lindencrona
 
*[[Anders Åslund]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist and advisor to [[Boris Yeltsin]]
 
*[[Anders Åslund]]<ref name="O&S"></ref>, economist and advisor to [[Boris Yeltsin]]
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 16 September 2022

Group.png Swedish Military Interpreter School  
(Military academy, Deep state milieu)Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Försvarets tolkskola vapen.png
Formation1957
HeadquartersUppsala, Sweden
InterestsSweden/Deep state
Its alumni are deep state operatives placed around society

The Swedish Military Interpreter School (Swedish: Försvarets tolkskola; TolkS) is a prestigious and demanding joint armed forces language school within the Swedish Armed Forces, especially training students in Russian.

The alumni form an elitist group in Swedish society. Many having high positions, they stick together socially and form a strong deep state network, and also keep up the ties to the militarily and intelligence services.

Overview

The school has operated in various forms since 1957. The school's staff is located in Uppsala Garrison in Uppsala.

The military interpreter training at the school, since 2011, is a specialist officer training for reserve officers over a total of one and a half years. The education begins with basic military training, and then follows a preparatory officer course, with a focus on officer skills. The basic training is normally assigned to another military unit.[1] After completing basic training, position training begins at the Armed Forces Intelligence and Security Centre in Uppsala, where they receive an intensive 18 months course in Russian. The cadets also receive civilian higher education credits for the language studies.[2][3]

Ever since the beginning in 1957, soldiers/conscripts and now officers have been trained in Russian. During the educational years 2006-2008, new conscription training in Arabic and Persian (Dari) was started, while the teaching materials in Russian were modernized.[2] Up until 2003, conscripts were also trained in Russian at the Defense Radio Institute (FRA). The first woman graduated from the Interpreting School in 1999.

Courses

  • Arabic, Russian or French for military interpreters - SOU/R (18 months)[4]
  • Russian for the National Defense - GU Interrogator (11.5 months)
  • Albanian and Serbian for the Foreign Force in Kosovo (5 weeks)
  • The Iranian language Dari for the Swedish troops in Afghanistan (5 weeks)
  • Cultural understanding (1 week)

Some alumni

Former students at TolkS are considered to be highly likely to go on to be influential, producing an exclusive social network of actors holding power positions such as ambassadors and other diplomatic positions, businessmen, politicians and professorships.[5]

The alumni stick together socially and form a strong network even after the studies. There is a peer association for former interpreter school students, by the name of Befälsföreningen Militärtolkar.[6], which works to keep the contact between the interpreters alive even after the training. It has close to 400 members and arranges courses and lectures as well as publishes a member magazine. The former interpreters always react strongly to accusations that they constitute some kind of cult or secret network.[7]

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813152812/http://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/vagen-in/utbildningsstarter/gmu/?start=2017-01-09#a=active&tab=startdate&d2017-01-09=2017-01-09
  2. a b Susanne Högdahl (2008). Sven-Åke Haglund. red. Ryskan ut... efter 50 år. Insats & Försvar (Försvarsmakten) (4): sid. 11. 1652-3571.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113014/http://www.militartolkar.org/filarkiv/vn070918.pdf
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419140243/https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/utbildning/befattningsguiden/officers-befattningar/militartolk/
  5. Bolander, Hans. 1991. Maktens okända plantskola. Skolbänks- militärerna går raka vägen till UD. Expressen, 1991-02-20
  6. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1390451/FULLTEXT01.pdf
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20091229113003/http://www.militartolkar.org/cpg1410/albums/ovrigt/di021028_1.pdf
  8. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf Orton, Frank, & Sven-Ivan Sundqvist, red (2011). Sigge och hans 1000 elever: Tolkskolan i Uppsala 1957-1989. Stockholm: SIS ägarservice
  9. Berglöfs hemsida på Handelshögskolan Archived August 3, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  10. http://www-2.iies.su.se/~lcalmfor/position.htm
  11. a b c d Susanne Högdahl (2008). Sven-Åke Haglund. red. ”Ryskan ut... efter 50 år”. Insats & Försvar (Försvarsmakten) (4): sid. 11. 1652-3571.
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20071020192545/http://www.varnpliktsnytt.se/reportage.php?id=3636&datum=2007-09-18