Jääkärit ja aktivistit : $b Sotavuosien muistelmia Tukholmasta ja Berliinistä

A determined Finnish activist recounts his turbulent years on the eve of the Great War, beginning with a covert intelligence mission to his homeland in the autumn of 1914. From his exile in Italy to the shutdown of the radical journal Framtid, he sketches the climate of repression, the looming threat of Russian domination, and the desperate yearning for true independence. The narrative weaves personal jeopardy—imprisonments for outspoken articles—with a vivid picture of a nation caught between economic ties to the empire and the sting of cultural subjugation.

The memoir then follows his journey through Stockholm, Berlin, and the secretive training ground at Lockstedt, where volunteers prepare for a future fight. Amid the cramped rooms of exile, hopeful plans for a Finnish army and covert propaganda missions take shape, while the ordinary hardships of war‑time life loom large. The account offers a rare, firsthand glimpse into the early, hopeful, and often fraught steps toward Finland’s quest for self‑determination.