Word: ehrensvard
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Commander in chief of Sweden's defense forces since last spring is General Nils Svedlund, nicknamed "The Great Thunderer." At 52 he was moved to the top over several older generals, e.g., Carl Ehrensvard, an excellent officer who fought against Russia in Finland's Winter War. Ehrensvard would have got the top job, but the cautious government considered him too outspokenly anti-Russian...