Legion Wasa Explained

Legion Wasa was a Swedish neo-Nazi paramilitary^{[1] [2]} organisation founded in 1999.^[3]

The members of Legion Wasa have reportedly been preparing for race war,^[2] and once made preparations for helping out Saddam Hussein in the Iraq War against the invading United States Army.^{[1] [4]} The offer was however turned down by the Iraqi embassy in Sweden.^[3] Led by Curt Linusson, a former UN soldier and Home Guard officer, the group has conducted field practice in the forests of Västra Götaland County.^{[1] [2]} The organisation is said to have between 25 and 30 members.^[3]

In 2004 four members of the organisation were arrested, charged with plotting mass murders of political opponents, and of forming a terrorist cell inspired by the novel The Turner Diaries.^[2] All four were acquitted for terrorism charges, although three of the charged were convicted for violence and drug charges, with sentences ranging from one to two years imprisonment.^[5]

The organisation has been inactive since around 2010.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• National Socialist Front

Notes and References

1. News: Andreas Harne . Nazisterna vill hjälpa Saddam . The Nazis want to help Saddam . Aftonbladet. 2003-02-18. sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606214917/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10343432.ab . 2014-06-06 . dead.
2. News: Han tränar för raskrig. Aftonbladet. 2004-11-20. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135140/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10504353.ab. 2016-03-05. dead.
3. News: Raggaren som blev ökänd nynazist. The raggare who became an infamous Neo-Nazi. Expressen. 2004-06-07. sv.
4. News: Svenskar söker visum till Irak . https://web.archive.org/web/20030314074935/http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=119&a=119091 . dead . 2003-03-14 . Göteborgs-Posten . 2003-02-28 . 2007-09-08 . sv .
5. News: Richard Slätt. Andreas Dalbro. Friade för terroristbrott. Expo. 2005-02-01. sv.
6. News: Han är förberedd på ett raskrig . He is prepared for a race war . Expressen. 2014-09-13. sv.
7. News: Axel Bengtsson. Daniel Vergara. Nazistveteran på väg in i fullmäktige . Expo. 2012-11-21. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104104434/http://expo.se/2012/nazistveteran-pa-vag-in-i-fullmaktige_5474.html. 2016-11-04.