Peasant armament support march
The peasant armament support march of 1914 (
Gustav V to the marchers at Stockholm Palace
.
Context
The support march was a conservative response to the defence policies of Swedish Liberal Prime Minister
First World War
grew stronger, Staaff's decision to slow down Swedish armament was met with great discontentment by conservatives.
Organisation
The initiative of the march came from the landowner Uno Nyberg, and the organisation of housing and otherwise for the Swedish farmers that travelled to Stockholm for the march was carried out by the grocery shopowner J. E. Frykberg.[1] Though called a farmers' march, participants came from a wider range of conservatives. The conservative explorer and writer Sven Hedin also participated in the preparation of the march by writing the Courtyard Speech.
References
- ISBN 91-46-13376-3