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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Stig.Wennerstrom.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="481" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Stig Wennerström, c. 1960</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Stig Erik Constans Wennerström</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">"The Eagle"<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-08-22</span>)</span>22 August 1906<br /><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">21 March 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-03-21)</span> (aged 99)<br /><a href="/wiki/Danderyd_Municipality" title="Danderyd Municipality">Danderyd</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (Spy)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1929–1963<br />1948–1963 (Spy)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Other work</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">ADC</a> to <a href="/wiki/Prince_Gustaf_Adolf,_Duke_of_V%C3%A4sterbotten" title="Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten">Duke of Västerbotten</a> (1938–47)<sup id="cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/%C3%96verste" title="Överste">Colonel</a> <b>Stig Erik Constans Wennerström</b> (22 August 1906 – 21 March 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a> officer who was convicted of <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> for <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a> activities on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1964. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wennerström was born on 22 August 1906 in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden, the son of major Gustaf Wennerström and his wife Ester Berggren.<sup id="cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 May 1926, he passed <i><a href="/wiki/Studentexamen" title="Studentexamen">studentexamen</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Norra_Real" title="Norra Real">Norra Real</a> in Stockholm.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wennerström was commissioned as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">Swedish Navy</a> with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant in 1929 and conducted flight training from 1931 to 1932. Wennerström transferred to the newly created <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a> where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1936. He attended the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Naval_Staff_College" title="Royal Swedish Naval Staff College">Royal Swedish Naval Staff College</a>'s staff school from 1936 to 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as <i><a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a></i> to <a href="/wiki/Prince_Gustaf_Adolf,_Duke_of_V%C3%A4sterbotten" title="Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten">Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten</a> from 1938 to 1947 and was promoted to captain in 1939 and served as <a href="/wiki/Air_attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Air attaché">air attaché</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> from 1940 to 1941. Wennerström was promoted to major in 1944 and to lieutenant colonel in 1946. He was a teacher at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Air_Force_Staff_College" title="Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College">Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College</a> from 1946 to 1948 and was again air attaché in Moscow from 1949 to 1952. Wennerström was promoted to colonel in 1951 and served as air attaché in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> from 1952 to 1957. He was section chief at the <a href="/wiki/Military_Office_of_the_Ministry_of_Defence" title="Military Office of the Ministry of Defence">Military Office of the Minister of Defence</a> from 1957 to 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spying_for_the_Soviet_Union">Spying for the Soviet Union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spying for the Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1950s, Wennerström leaked Swedish air defence plans and the entire <a href="/wiki/Saab_35_Draken" title="Saab 35 Draken">Saab <i>Draken</i></a> fighter jet project to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. When working as an air attaché in Washington, D.C., he was very useful to the Soviet military intelligence agency, the <a href="/wiki/GRU_(Soviet_Union)" title="GRU (Soviet Union)">GRU</a>. As early as 1943, the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Security_Service" title="Swedish Security Service">Swedish Security Service</a> (SÄPO), suspected that Wennerström was working for <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> and in 1947 there were indications that he had connections with the Soviet Union, but the suspicions couldn't be proven.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959 an anonymous source identifying themselves as 'Sniper' wrote a series of letters to the American Ambassador to Switzerland, <a href="/wiki/Henry_J._Taylor" title="Henry J. Taylor">Henry J. Taylor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-West,_1982,_66_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West,_1982,_66-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These revealed much useful intelligence and would be regarded as the British Security Service's 'finest post-war investigation'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWest198265_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWest198265-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1960, Sniper was revealed as the Polish Military Intelligence officer <a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Goleniewski" class="mw-redirect" title="Michał Goleniewski">Michał Goleniewski</a>, who then <a href="/wiki/Defection" title="Defection">defected</a> to the US.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWest198270_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWest198270-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the leads provided by Sniper was that a senior Swedish Air Force officer was spying for the Soviets. Sniper did not identify him, but did state that he had previously been a CIA agent and had served in Moscow as the Swedish <a href="/wiki/Military_attach%C3%A9" title="Military attaché">Air Attaché</a>. These facts were communicated to Säpo and they pointed to Wennerström's record. Säpo then tapped his phone line and recruited his <a href="/wiki/Maid" title="Maid">household maid</a> for surveillance.<sup id="cite_ref-West,_1982,_66_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West,_1982,_66-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence collected by autumn 1961 was enough to have Wennerström transferred to a post without access to secret information.<sup id="cite_ref-West,_1982,_66_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West,_1982,_66-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1963, the maid reported that she had found some <a href="/wiki/Roll_film" title="Roll film">film rolls</a> hidden in his attic and on 20 June he was arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-West,_1982,_66_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West,_1982,_66-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arrest_and_conviction">Arrest and conviction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arrest and conviction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg/220px-Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg/330px-Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>Wennerström in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm_City_Court" title="Stockholm City Court">Stockholm City Court</a> in the summer of 1963.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the morning of 20 June 1963, Wennerström was on his way to his work at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Sweden)" title="Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)">Ministry for Foreign Affairs</a> in central Stockholm. Just as he passed the <a href="/wiki/Riksbron" title="Riksbron">Riksbron Bridge</a>, three people from <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Security_Service" title="Swedish Security Service">SÄPO</a> came up behind Wennerström and arrested him.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans_(2013)_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans_(2013)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his arrest, Wennerström was brought to SÄPO's premises on Bergsgatan in <a href="/wiki/Kungsholmen" title="Kungsholmen">Kungsholmen</a>, where the hearings began immediately. At the same time, Wennerström's house on Skirnervägen 20 in <a href="/wiki/Djursholm" title="Djursholm">Djursholm</a> was locked for a search warrant that would take almost a week. Initially, Wennerström denied the charges. At the same time, SÄPO failed to develop the film rolls containing Wennerström's photographs of secret documents. An expert was called in, and after three and a half days, found the right method. When the photographed documents were displayed to Wennerström, he confessed, but at the same time denied that his spying had been directed against Sweden.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans_(2013)_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans_(2013)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon, however, he was convicted. During the six years prior to his arrest, Wennerström is believed to have handed over 20,000 pages of secret documents about the Swedish defences. The documents contained information about the Swedish Air Force's strategy, secret military bases, and radar defense and mobilization plans.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans_(2013)_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans_(2013)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wennerström was initially <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_Sweden" title="Life imprisonment in Sweden">sentenced to life</a> in prison, the most severe peacetime sentence.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. In 1972 the Swedish government commuted the sentence to 20 years, despite the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces">Supreme Commander</a>, <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Stig_Synnergren" title="Stig Synnergren">Stig Synnergren</a>, still considering him to be a high security risk.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">paroled</a> in 1974 after serving a total of 10 years; the norm in Sweden at the time was to release prisoners after they had served half their sentences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939 he married Ulla-Greta Carlsson (1919–2015), the daughter of consul Eric Carlsson and Helga Andersson.<sup id="cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his daughters, Christine, made headlines in 1957 when at the age of 16 she ran away to elope with her 18-year-old boyfriend, a Senate page named Huw Williams. The couple was apprehended eighteen days later in Pennsylvania, US, having been denied in their effort to obtain a marriage license in several states, and in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wennerström died on 21 March 2006 at the retirement home Tallgården in <a href="/wiki/Enebyberg" title="Enebyberg">Enebyberg</a>, north of Stockholm. The funeral took place on 28 March 2006 at Altorp's Cemetery Chapel in <a href="/wiki/Djursholm" title="Djursholm">Djursholm</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was buried on 3 May 2006 at Djursholm's Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dates_of_rank">Dates of rank</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dates of rank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1929 – <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A4nrik" title="Fänrik">Acting sub-lieutenant</a> (Navy)</li> <li>1936 – <a href="/wiki/L%C3%B6jtnant" title="Löjtnant">Lieutenant</a> (Air Force)</li> <li>1939 – <a href="/wiki/Kapten" title="Kapten">Captain</a></li> <li>1944 – <a href="/wiki/Major_(Sweden)" title="Major (Sweden)">Major</a></li> <li>1946 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%96verstel%C3%B6jtnant" title="Överstelöjtnant">Lieutenant colonel</a></li> <li>1951 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%96verste" title="Överste">Colonel</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swedish">Swedish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg/50px-Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg/75px-Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg/100px-Seraphimerorden_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Royal_Jubilee_Commemorative_Medals" title="Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals">King Gustaf V's Jubilee Commemorative Medal</a> (1948)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Sword_-_Ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Order_of_the_Sword_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/50px-Order_of_the_Sword_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Order_of_the_Sword_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/75px-Order_of_the_Sword_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, 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21 September 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Phaleristica_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phaleristica-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png/50px-SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png/75px-SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png/100px-SWE_Order_of_Vasa_-_Knight_2nd_Class_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a 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data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> Mexican Air Force medal<sup id="cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWennerström1972" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wennerström, Stig (1972). <i>Från början till slutet: en spions memoarer</i> (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/91-0-037890-9" title="Special:BookSources/91-0-037890-9"><bdi>91-0-037890-9</bdi></a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/7143825">7143825</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fr%C3%A5n+b%C3%B6rjan+till+slutet%3A+en+spions+memoarer&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pub=Bonnier&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=91-0-037890-9&rft.aulast=Wennerstr%C3%B6m&rft.aufirst=Stig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWennerström1946" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wennerström, Stig (1946). <i>Morgondagens flyg: sett mot bakgrunden av teknikens utveckling och andra världskriget</i> (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/1422397">1422397</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Morgondagens+flyg%3A+sett+mot+bakgrunden+av+teknikens+utveckling+och+andra+v%C3%A4rldskriget&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pub=Bonnier&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Wennerstr%C3%B6m&rft.aufirst=Stig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWennerström1946" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wennerström, Stig (1946). <i>Flygstrategien i belysning av det andra världskriget: Tävlingsskrift år 1945..</i>. Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademiens handlingar och tidskrift. Bihäfte ; 1946:3 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Akad. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/1417971">1417971</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flygstrategien+i+belysning+av+det+andra+v%C3%A4rldskriget%3A+T%C3%A4vlingsskrift+%C3%A5r+1945...&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.series=Kungl.+Krigsvetenskapsakademiens+handlingar+och+tidskrift.+Bih%C3%A4fte+%3B+1946%3A3&rft.pub=Akad.&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Wennerstr%C3%B6m&rft.aufirst=Stig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWennerström1946" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wennerström, Stig (1946). <i>Röda vingar: det ryska flyget från tsartid till nutid</i>. Allhems flygböcker, 99-1852751-X ; 3 (in Swedish). Malmö: Allhem. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/1387091">1387091</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=R%C3%B6da+vingar%3A+det+ryska+flyget+fr%C3%A5n+tsartid+till+nutid&rft.place=Malm%C3%B6&rft.series=Allhems+flygb%C3%B6cker%2C+99-1852751-X+%3B+3&rft.pub=Allhem&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Wennerstr%C3%B6m&rft.aufirst=Stig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stig_Bergling" title="Stig Bergling">Stig Bergling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertil_Str%C3%B6berg" title="Bertil Ströberg">Bertil Ströberg</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Under a military tribunal in wartime, treason could have been punishable by execution by <a href="/wiki/Firing_squad" class="mw-redirect" title="Firing squad">firing squad</a>. Sweden banned capital punishment altogether, even in wartime, in 1973</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wapo-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wapo_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wapo_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033002028.html">"Swedish Spy Stig Wennerstrom, 99"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">AP</a>. 31 March 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 February</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Swedish+Spy+Stig+Wennerstrom%2C+99&rft.date=2006-03-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2006%2F03%2F30%2FAR2006033002028.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Harnesk_(1962),_p._1369_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarnesk1962" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm62/1393.html"><i>Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm</i></a> [<i>Who is who? 1, Greater Stockholm</i>] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 September</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aftonbladet&rft.atitle=Spionen+blev+99+%C3%A5r&rft.date=2006-03-28&rft.aulast=Tagesson&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft.au=Aschberg%2C+Richard&rft.au=Hjert%C3%A9n%2C+Linda&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftonbladet.se%2Fnyheter%2Farticle10789688.ab&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118371100/young-romeo-first-placed/">Young Romeo First Placed Spy Suspect In Headlines</a>", <i>The Knoxville Journal</i> (June 28, 1963), p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAschberg2006" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Aschberg, Richard (29 March 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10790300.ab">"Här begravs storspionen"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Aftonbladet" title="Aftonbladet">Aftonbladet</a></i> (in Swedish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.phaleristica.com&rft.atitle=Lustigheter+i+listorna&rft.date=2017-02-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fphaleristica.com%2F2017%2F02%2F27%2Flustigheter-i-listorna%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1958-01-16/7/SVD">"Legion of Merit"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Svenska_Dagbladet" title="Svenska Dagbladet">Svenska Dagbladet</a></i> (in Swedish). 16 January 1958. p. A7<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 September</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Svenska+Dagbladet&rft.atitle=Legion+of+Merit&rft.pages=A7&rft.date=1958-01-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.svd.se%2Farkiv%2F1958-01-16%2F7%2FSVD&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stig_Wennerstr%C3%B6m_(colonel)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBergmark1993" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bergmark, Birgitta (1993). <i>Stig Wennerström: spionen som teg</i> [<i>Stig Wennerström: the spy who was silent</i>] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier Alba. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/91-34-51357-4" title="Special:BookSources/91-34-51357-4"><bdi>91-34-51357-4</bdi></a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/7247413">7247413</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m%3A+spionen+som+teg&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pub=Bonnier+Alba&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=91-34-51357-4&rft.aulast=Bergmark&rft.aufirst=Birgitta&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernhardssonFalkengårdThunvik1967" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bernhardsson, Carl Olof; Falkengård, Christina; Thunvik, Sten (1967). <i>Överste W förrädare: Wennerströms spionage : en samlad redogörelse byggd på källforskning och bilddokument</i> [<i>Colonel W traitor: Wennerström's espionage: a comprehensive report based on the source research and image documents</i>] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Medén. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/1243537">1243537</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%C3%96verste+W+f%C3%B6rr%C3%A4dare%3A+Wennerstr%C3%B6ms+spionage+%3A+en+samlad+redog%C3%B6relse+byggd+p%C3%A5+k%C3%A4llforskning+och+bilddokument&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pub=Med%C3%A9n&rft.date=1967&rft.aulast=Bernhardsson&rft.aufirst=Carl+Olof&rft.au=Falkeng%C3%A5rd%2C+Christina&rft.au=Thunvik%2C+Sten&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOlsson2022" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Olsson, Simon (2022). <i>Wennerströmaffären : En spionhistoria</i> (in Swedish). Historiska Media. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789180500654" title="Special:BookSources/9789180500654"><bdi>9789180500654</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wennerstr%C3%B6maff%C3%A4ren+%3A+En+spionhistoria&rft.pub=Historiska+Media&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=9789180500654&rft.aulast=Olsson&rft.aufirst=Simon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRönblom1964" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Rönblom, Hans-Krister (1964). <i>Wennerström, spionen</i> [<i>Wennerström, The Spy</i>] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/SELIBR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="SELIBR (identifier)">SELIBR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libris.kb.se/bib/732063">732063</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wennerstr%C3%B6m%2C+spionen&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pub=Bonnier&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=R%C3%B6nblom&rft.aufirst=Hans-Krister&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStig+Wennerstr%C3%B6m+%28colonel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSundelin1999" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Sundelin, Anders (1999). <i>Fallet Wennerström</i> [<i>The Wennerström Case</i>] (in Swedish). 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