SS-Untersturmführer Gösta Borg from Stockholm, Sweden fought with the Swedish Volunteer Corps against the Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter War 1939-1940 were he was decorated for bravery. He was originally from the Swedish Royal Guards but volunteered for the Waffen-SS in 1941. Borg was attached to SS-Regiment Westland of SS-Division Wiking. After being wounded on the Eastern front he returned to Sweden, were he studied at the Swedish Military Academy. In 1943 Borg returned to Germany and graduated from SS Officer Candidate School SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz. He became a Kriegsberichter in SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers and covered various fronts with 5.SS-Panzer-Division Wiking and 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nordland. Gösta Borg interviewed various public figures during the war, including SS-Oberstgruppenführer der Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich, Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model and Ferdinand Schröner. He also directed the emissions in Swedish from the Königsberg's radio Deutschen Europasender. In 1951, Borg published an account Det röda massanfallet (The Red Onslaught) where he describes his experiences in the Waffen-SS. It was meant to be a guide for the Swedish Army on how to deal with a possible Soviet invasion of Western Europe. SS-Untersturmführer Gösta Borg died aged 85 on December 29 2000 in Stockholm. Images: note that the Swede Gösta Borg wears the cuff title Kurt Eggers and the early SS 'Danziger' skull that was worn in 1923-1934. Courtesy of Joakim Munter.
I once met Borg with a friend of mine (whose political views I do not share). This must have been around 1990 in Stockholm. He was a quite ordinary old man. I remember him as intelligent and cultivated. It was not until after the meeting that my friend briefly explained his background in the SS.
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