iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They served and fell for AEF, but how was their Immigrant citizen status when they were drafted? www.westernfront.se/2026/09/27/t... @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

000

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Great War Trilogy – The Swedish Erickson brothers in the Great war – The story about Sebran Anders Filemon Ersson Eriksson @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social www.westernfront.se/2026/09/12/t...

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

He dreamt about Australia, but ended up in Canada - A short story about a Swede who fought and fell for CEF in the Great War. www.westernfront.se/2026/09/09/h...

041

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A Survivor of the Lost Battalion: One Swedish Brother’s Journey Home. I am writing this second article in the stories about the Swedish born Erickson brothers, in great cooperation with the grandson of Frank, Mark Erickson, who today lives in California. www.westernfront.se/2026/08/22/a...

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Americanized Swedish surnames - challenges in emigration research. It always makes me glad to receive emails from American descendants to Swedish emigrants who shares their family stories. www.westernfront.se/2026/08/16/a... @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

000

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Swedes in the 361st Regiment, 91st Division during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive – Remembered through the diary of Ernest J A Erickson. Reading the text in the war diary of Ernest Julius Alfred Ersson Erickson brings me to tears. My article here 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/07/29/s...

040

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Great War Service on the Eastern Front Part 2 – The Swede Gösta Melin and his experience in the Polish Legion I have decided to write a small follow-up article about another Swede, Gösta Melin, who also served in the Austria-Hungarian Army. Read more below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/07/27/g...

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Great War Service on the Eastern Front - Swedish officers in the Austria-Hungarian Army This is a small story about three Swedish born individuals who ended up to serve within the Austria-Hungarian Army during the Great War. Read more through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/07/25/g...

Source of image: https://ww1.habsburger.net/

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Swedish emigrant traces in Gallipoli - He met his destiny at Gaba Tepe Carl William Leyon just reached the age of 23, when he was killed on the Turkish beaches around the area of Gaba Tepe, on May 2nd, 1915. Read more about the Swedish connections below. www.westernfront.se/2026/07/20/s...

001

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Swedish individuals in the Somme Offensive: Fates from both sides of the Frontline. Read more through my article below.👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/07/04/s...

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A Life Lost to the Siege: How Swedish Nurse Ester Wijk Died Serving in Przemyśl, 1915 In this small article I tell the story about a Swedish nurse who ended up in the Siege of the town of Przemysl 1915. Read it through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/06/28/a...

09423

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In the footsteps of the Swedes - Taking friends to the Western Front. Read about my latest tour to the Ypres Salient. www.westernfront.se/2026/05/23/i...

083

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A Swedish Message and a Kiwi Soldier: An Unanswered WWI Connection. In this case I received a card with a photo on the front and a text in Swedish on the back. The text was signed by a person called "Gustaf", and of course I wanted to investigate this further. 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/04/07/a...

041

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Very nice to meet up with some nice friends in the Great War community, on our time in Portsmouth. Tomorrow we are heading to Salisbury 🤗 Thank you for good company @nursinghistory.bsky.social @bj13johnson1.bsky.social and Jamie Nimmo! Looking forward to next time! @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

140

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

They fell for Germany in The Spring Offensive – Two Swedes who fought and fell in Operation Michael in March 1918. www.westernfront.se/2026/03/22/t...

010

Reposted by Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede

315e RI @ri315e.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

What was it like for a regiment on the 'deadliest day' in French military history? Not Verdun. Not 22nd August 14. But 25th September 1915, where over 21,000+ French died in a few hours. One regiment — the 315e RI — suffered the 4th highest losses. This is their story 🧵 ↓

1256

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Five Swedish born soldiers in NZEF during the Battle of the Somme - September 15-17, 1916. Feel free to read more through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/03/06/s...

162

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I felt productive today. Feel free to read my second article of the day. Transnational Military Service: Two Swedish Brothers in Different Allied Armies during World War I. www.westernfront.se/2026/03/01/t...

020

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Voices from the Shadows: Forgotten World War I Letters Discovered. Feel free to read my first impression about the content in the box from my colleague, with cards related to the early years of the First World War. www.westernfront.se/2026/03/01/v... @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

031

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Connecting text in diaries to the terrain - A Swede on the German side on Ypres Salient. This is the story about the Captain in the Swedish Army who chose to end his service in Sweden, to apply for service in the German Army during the Great War.👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/02/20/c...

012

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

One of my fellow contacts in the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social, @willisrm73.bsky.social , Dr Rich Willis, wrote a message to me and told me about a very interesting database with German casualty lists from the Great War. Read more about the soldiers below. 👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/02/15/a...

011

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

WANTED! Is it any American in this community who lives in Oregon or in the Northern part of California, and is planning to travel to Europe this year? Please let me know through my email below, and I will give more info. joacim.hallberg@westernfront.se Thank you very much! 🙏

021

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I have written a small article about the Swedish contribution to the rebuild of the French villages on the battlefield after the Great War. Read it through the link below: www.westernfront.se/2026/02/07/s...

1126

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

From the 17th century and mainly during the 19th century, thousands of Swedes emigrated to South Africa. Red more about one Swedish born soldier who served in the South African Forces during the Great War through the link below. www.westernfront.se/2026/01/31/a...

033

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Invisible Sacrifice: Commemorating Those Who Served Without Reaching the Frontline Read my article through the link below.👇 www.westernfront.se/2026/01/25/i... @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

0144

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#595. Knute W Nordstrom (Knut Wilhelm Nordström). Born September 26th, 1891 in Hed parish, Västmanland county. He survived the time before the Armistice but later died of Lobar Pneumonia and buried in Luxembourg on March 14th, 1919. He is today buried at the Arlington American Cemetery.

122

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I am scanning lists all over again and sometimes the work comes out with new findings. I am adding three more soldiers to my database, Swedish born, who fought and fell in the Great War. Total number at this date: 593 soldiers. Will I find 600? #593 - Rudolph (Rudolf) Lundberg, Gestad, Sweden.

071

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

What are medals and citations compared to be brave in your eyes of your comrades? Read the small story about the Swedish born soldier Otto through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/12/30/w... @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

062

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Bound by Blood, Broken by War: The story of the Gylfe Brothers. This is the small story about the Gylfe brothers. One of them didn't come home. One of them was awarded a very nice French Award. I hope you will find it interesting. www.westernfront.se/2025/12/28/b...

050

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

1) I made a small diagram from the data I have in my research, showing in which US Division the Swedish born soldiers who fell (375) in the Great war for the American Expeditionary Force, served. (cont) @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social

131

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

🇸🇪🇺🇲Memories coming up on Facebook ... The time goes so fast. 14 years ago, 2nd tour in Afghanistan in 2011. A nice UXO demolition day together with a US EOD unit.

192

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The Great War in U.S. County Histories: Reflections on Swedish Immigrant Contributions. Good Swedes or Bad Swedes? Or where they Swedes? Read more in my small article through the link below👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/12/17/t...

001

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

From Sailor to NZEF Soldier: A Swede’s Journey Through War to Find His Way Home. I ask myself if he joined the war to use that as a way to find a free trip home to Sweden? Read more through the link below: www.westernfront.se/2025/12/12/f...

052

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

🇸🇪🇺🇲 Not exactly the same frame size, even if it is golden, but finally the certificate is up on my "Great War wall" 🙏 Ringius Williams (Ringius Johansson Wilhelmsson), born December 16, 1891, in Blekinge, Sweden, killed in action during Ypres-Lys offensive, September 2nd, 1918.

000

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Soldiers in the Photos: A Family’s Quest Through Lost Names and New Lands. So grateful when Swedish descendants are sharing their family stories.🙏Read my small article below. www.westernfront.se/2025/12/01/t...

044

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Communication with foreign descendants after the Great War. Read about the letter from the mother of John R Anderson, who was translated to english during the correspondence between the descendants and the American Government after the Great War. www.westernfront.se/2025/10/25/c...

000

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Amazing to connect notes in a soldier's notebook to documents in the archives. Below photos of Bertil's notes from October 26th, 1915, and the notes from the unit diary of the 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion, from the same date. Read more through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/09/28/b...

020

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

From Spanish-American War to the World War in France – The story about the Swedish Medal of Honor recipient Gustaf Adolf Sundquist Read my story about Gustaf through the link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/08/31/f...

093

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

@thegreatwargroup.bsky.social I am right now writing small stories about the soldiers I visited on my latest trip to the battlefields in Belgium and France, earlier in July this year. If you want to read about them, just visit my webpage, westernfront.se. Six stories so far.

0104

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Who was Frank A Welsh? In the Australian attestation papers for AIF, I found a note who connected Frank to an address in Sweden, to A person called M A Sjostrom. What was the connection? Was he a Swedish born soldier? Read more through the link below.👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/07/10/w...

231

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Actually the first time I visited this memorial in the rain and thunder, you could almost close your eyes, and imagine the roar of the grenades and explosions, of course on a much larger scale. 🙏 #greatwargroup

071

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I have prepared my visit of the "unvisited". Going down to the battlefield during the first week of July, where I will visit the cemeteries on the map. The names according to the list. Zoom in to my places here: earth.google.com/earth/d/1Tq8... DM if you need any photos taken. Will do what I can.

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

"Back home in time for tea and medals". Swedish born Lt Sigurd Neal (Napoleon) Ekdahl. 18th American Inf. Regt., 1 st Div, AEF, received British Military Cross for his actions during his time in 1 st Div, AEF, in actions along St. Quentin Canal, Sept. 1918, under Gen Plumer 4th Army. (Apr 12, 1919)

010

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Just recently visited the Swedish born soldiers who are buried and commemorated at Suresnes American Cemetery in Paris, France. Feel free to watch the video through the link below👇 youtu.be/HPX2riu96U0?...

youtu.be

Swedes in the First World War - Buried and commemorated at Suresnes American Cemetery, Paris, France

YouTube video by Swedes at the Western Front

081

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

On this American memorial day we honor the courage, sacrifice, and enduring legacy of the men and women who gave their lives in service to their country. In my research I have today traced 363 Swedish born soldiers who fought and fell in FWW, for AEF. Ringius Williams (Wilhelmsson), born Sweden.

061

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Part three in my blog serie about Swedish born soldiers in the FWW. This time you will find information about the Swedish born soldiers who fought and fell for the Australian and New Zealand Forces. You will find the link below👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/05/13/s...

093

Jocke Hallberg - Battlefield Swede @battlefieldswede.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

At this moment I have found 117 Swedish born soldiers who fought and fell for the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. 1680 Immigrated Swedes signed up for Canada in the FWW. 1233 as volunteers and 447 as conscripts. Read link below 👇 www.westernfront.se/2025/05/11/s...

0194