Stellan Bojerud
Stellan Bojerud | |
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Member of the Riksdag for Dalarna County | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rolf Stellan Arno Bojerud 5 August 1944 Danderyd, Sweden |
Died | 19 July 2015 | (aged 70)
Political party | Sweden Democrats (2009–2015) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse | Manora Kjellin-Bojerud |
Children | Fredrik Bojerud |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Sweden |
Branch/service | Swedish Army |
Years of service | 1966–2003 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Rolf Stellan Arno Bojerud (5 August 1944 – 19 July 2015) was a Swedish military historian and politician, representing the Sweden Democrats (SD) in the Riksdag.[1]
Biography
Bojerud joined the Swedish Army in the 1960s as a signal trooper. In 1990, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1993 he became head of the territorial defense section at the Stockholm defense area. From 1999 to 2002, he was the principal instructor of military history and head of the Military History Department at the Swedish Defence University until his retirement in 2003 and was involved in the University's teachings on Nazism and extremism.[2]
From 2002 to 2003, Bojerud—who spoke fluent Dutch—was tasked with investigating the transition of the Netherlands from conscription to manned defense as well as the adaptation to network-based defence. As a military historian, he wrote work on the Spanish Civil War and Swedish naval history. He was one of the authors behind the pseudonym Harry Winter and the books Operation Garbo I–III, Narva and Poltava, which depict a fictional Soviet invasion of Sweden. He was also a columnist on military affairs for Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.[3]
Bojerud had previously been a member of the
He died at the age of 70 in 2015.[7] His son, Fredrik Bojerud, is also a politician.
References
- ^ Sveriges Riksdag. Stellan Bojerud
- ^ SD-toppen hyllar nazisters insatser i strid - Riksdagsmannen Stellan Bojerud (SD) uttalade sig under eget namn på hatsajt
- ^ Timbro Förlag (26 August 2009). "Operation Garbo, dikt och verklighet - då och nu". Expressen. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010.
- ^ a b Svenska Dagbladet. Bojerud ersätter Petzäll
- SD-Kuriren. Archived from the originalon 12 October 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ Valnämnden. Dalarnas län - Valsedlar
- ^ "SD-politikern Stellan Bojerud död".