A new trailer for the book Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden...

On the 19th day of January 1945, the Dagens Nyheter in Stockholm published an article about the marriage of my parents, Americans Herman Allen and Hevig Johnsson (sic), pictured with Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew to the king of Sweden....

In September, I'm going back to Sweden! My two sisters and brother will come with me to revisit Gotland and Stockholm. I'm busy mapping out everything we need to see....

I was delighted to find some excellent resources for what it was like in Sweden during the war in the Rotarian Magazine archives....

Another gentleman who, along with Count Folke Bernadotte and seven others, together gave a wedding gift to my parents was "Ryttmästare Carl Rosenblad." The word Ryttmästare Google translates to "Captain."...