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Lotta Svärd (poem)
"Lotta Svärd" – means a sword – 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).
"Lottas" refers to the volunteer women who participated in the national defence in a variety of roles.
German playwright Bertolt Brecht modelled his character of Mother Courage partially on Lotta Svärd in his 1939 play Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (Mother Courage and Her Children), written while he was in exile from Nazi Germany in Sweden.
References
References
- (22 November 2019). "Lotta Svärd antoi nimensä Suomen maanpuolustusnaisille". Yle.
- "13. Mistä nimi Lotta Svärd tulee?".
- Esteri. (5 February 2019). "Runeberg, Lotta ja Svärd".
- "Järjestön historiallinen tausta".
- Tara. (2021-04-21). "April stamps celebrate Lotta Svärd and the postcard".
- Remshardt, Ralf. (2023). "Mother Courage and Her Children on stage and screen".
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