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Operation Stella Polaris was the cover name for an operation in which Finnish signals intelligence records, equipment and personnel were transported to Sweden in late September 1944 after the end of combat on the Finnish-Soviet front in World War II. [1]
[2] [3] Bonde was active in Operation Stella Polaris in 1944 before being relocated by the government to the National Swedish Office for Aliens (Statens utlänningskommission) [4] where he was a member from 1944 to 1945. [2] Bonde was promoted to colonel in the reserve in 1945 and retired from the army in 1957. [2]
In 1944, he led the Swedish side of the Operation Stella Polaris. [7] During the war, Petersén and his colleague Algot Törneman had organised private arms trades. They had sold weapons via a private firm, Skandiastål, to the Norwegian and Danish resistance movements.
A transfer of a small contingent personnel and materials, Operation Stella Polaris, was carried out over a couple of nights in September 1944. Stella Polaris gave Sweden access to a wealth of qualified materials and signals intelligence officers, some of which were also employed.
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The Swedish contact person for the Stella Polaris operation was the Chief of the Swedish intelligence Carl Petersén. The operation was initiated in September 1944 on orders from Hallamaa. About 350 wooden boxes were transferred by ship to Sweden, along with some 700–800 men who had worked with the radio intelligence, and their families. [ 1 ]
Battles and operations of World War II involving Finland (3 C, 1 P) C. ... Operation Stella Polaris; T. Transit of German troops through Finland and Sweden; W.
Originally Operation Overcast sometimes called Project Paperclip. Surgeon (1945–) – Similar to Paperclip; program to exploit German aeronautical scientific advances. Stella Polaris (1944–) transfer of Finnish SIGINT, equipment, and personnel to Sweden following end of the Continuation war in 1944.