Christian Swanljung
From Kook Science
| Christian Swanljung "The Seven-Leagued Finn" | |
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| Born | Karl Kristian Swanljung 19 August 1892 Nikolainkaupunki, Grand Principality of Finland |
| Died | 6 September 1964 (72) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland |
Karl Christian Swanljung (August 19, 1892 - September 6, 1964) was a Finnish explorer and member of the anti-Communist counterrevolutionary forces in central Asia under Aleksandr Kolchak during the Russian Revolution.
Selected Bibliography
- Swanljung, Kristian (1928) (in Finnish), Ajettuna Kuin Villieläin: Muistelmia Siperiasta, Helsinki: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö — [English: "Driven like a Wild Animal: Memoirs of Siberia"; translated as Men and Monsters]
- Swanljung, Christian; Palen, Lewis Stanton (trans.) (1928) (in English), Men and Monsters, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Swanljung, Kristian (1929) (in Finnish), Manifestin jäljillä: Venäjällä, Afganistanissa ja Siperiassa vuonna 1918, Helsinki: Porvoo — [English: "In the Footsteps of the Manifesto: in Russia, Afghanistan and Siberia in 1918"]