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  3. IMAGO International History, Sweden, People, Stig Wennerström 1906-2006

IMAGO International History, Sweden, People, Stig Wennerström 1906-2006

Aug 21, 2025

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  • SWEDEN 19630626 Stig Wennerström, 1963 SWEDEN x51x Copyright: xOllexSeijboldx

    SWEDEN 19630626 Stig Wennerström, 1963 SWEDEN x51x Copyright: xOllexSeijboldx

  • STOCKHOLM 1963 06 25 A man reads the morning papers news about spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström, who is about to commit suicide in his cell Stockholm Sweden x10x Copyright: xJanxDelden EXP TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 1963 06 25 A man reads the morning papers news about spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström, who is about to commit suicide in his cell Stockholm Sweden x10x Copyright: xJanxDelden EXP TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • ARCHIVE 1964 05 15 Minister of Defense Sven Andersson S studies documents concerning the spy affair with Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström May 15, 1964 in the Riksdag in Stockholm Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced June 12, 1964 to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Stockholm Sweden x34x Copyright: xLarsxNybergx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARCHIVE 1964 05 15 Minister of Defense Sven Andersson S studies documents concerning the spy affair with Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström May 15, 1964 in the Riksdag in Stockholm Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced June 12, 1964 to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Stockholm Sweden x34x Copyright: xLarsxNybergx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • 1941 11 Orig caption RECEPTION AT THE ITALIAN MINISTER On the occasion of the new Italian aviation attachà Teucci s assumption of his post, the Italian minister held a reception for a number of guests on Saturday In the picture, Captain Wennerström and Major Bjuggren are seen in conversation Copyright: xx RECEPTION AT THE ITALIAN MINISTER

    1941 11 Orig caption RECEPTION AT THE ITALIAN MINISTER On the occasion of the new Italian aviation attachà Teucci s assumption of his post, the Italian minister held a reception for a number of guests on Saturday In the picture, Captain Wennerström and Major Bjuggren are seen in conversation Copyright: xx RECEPTION AT THE ITALIAN MINISTER

  • 1971 04 26 Convicted spy Colonel Stig Wennerström walking on a dirt road in Sweden April 26, 1971 Photo Jan Düsing EXP TT Code 12 AFTONBLADET AND BAROMETER OUT Sweden x12x Copyright: xJanxDüsing EXP TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    1971 04 26 Convicted spy Colonel Stig Wennerström walking on a dirt road in Sweden April 26, 1971 Photo Jan Düsing EXP TT Code 12 AFTONBLADET AND BAROMETER OUT Sweden x12x Copyright: xJanxDüsing EXP TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

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  • STOCKHOLM 1963 10 30 First contact with Langholmen The cab with Stig Wennerström and the four men from the security service were escorted during the trip from the hospital by a civilian spy police car Now they drive into the prison area over Copyright: xRolandxJanson DN TTx SPIONERI

    STOCKHOLM 1963 10 30 First contact with Langholmen The cab with Stig Wennerström and the four men from the security service were escorted during the trip from the hospital by a civilian spy police car Now they drive into the prison area over Copyright: xRolandxJanson DN TTx SPIONERI

  • 1958 11 Original caption Colonel Stig Wennerström receiving the Russian military delegation from Moskow in November 1958 Note Convicted of espionage in 1963 persons Stig Wennerström sites MOSCOW SOVIET UNION SWEDEN PhotoDate 1958 11 Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    1958 11 Original caption Colonel Stig Wennerström receiving the Russian military delegation from Moskow in November 1958 Note Convicted of espionage in 1963 persons Stig Wennerström sites MOSCOW SOVIET UNION SWEDEN PhotoDate 1958 11 Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

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  • ARCHIVE 1963 10 17 A group of photographers takes a picture of the spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström coming out of the courtroom at the detention hearings on October 17, 1963 in Stockholm Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced on June 12, 1964 to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Stockholm Sweden Copyright: xLarsxNybergx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARCHIVE 1963 10 17 A group of photographers takes a picture of the spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström coming out of the courtroom at the detention hearings on October 17, 1963 in Stockholm Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced on June 12, 1964 to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Stockholm Sweden Copyright: xLarsxNybergx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • STOCKHOLM 1963 06 27 Exterior of the building on Katarinavägen 20 in Stockholm with the premises of the League of Sweden Soviet Union, June 27, 1963, where the arrested spy suspect Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström is believed to have handed over important documents to his Russian contacts Stockholm Sweden x192x Copyright: xDN TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 1963 06 27 Exterior of the building on Katarinavägen 20 in Stockholm with the premises of the League of Sweden Soviet Union, June 27, 1963, where the arrested spy suspect Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström is believed to have handed over important documents to his Russian contacts Stockholm Sweden x192x Copyright: xDN TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • ARCHIVE 1963 A crowd of photographers meets spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström as he is led from the courtroom Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x44x Copyright: xOllexWester EXP TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARCHIVE 1963 A crowd of photographers meets spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström as he is led from the courtroom Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x44x Copyright: xOllexWester EXP TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • 1958 NOV Swedish Air Chief Marshal Stig Wennerström tv receives a Russian delegation visiting Stockholm in November 1958 Stockholm Sweden x59x Copyright: xCarl-ErikxSundström DN TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    1958 NOV Swedish Air Chief Marshal Stig Wennerström tv receives a Russian delegation visiting Stockholm in November 1958 Stockholm Sweden x59x Copyright: xCarl-ErikxSundström DN TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • ARCHIVE 1971 Colonel Stig Wennerström, convicted spy, sentenced to life imprisonment after attacks in prison Wennerström sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x192x Copyright: xPRESSENSxBILDx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARCHIVE 1971 Colonel Stig Wennerström, convicted spy, sentenced to life imprisonment after attacks in prison Wennerström sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x192x Copyright: xPRESSENSxBILDx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • ARCHIVE 19630901 Carin Rosén, Stig Wennerströms maid, who was recruited as an agent for Säpo in order to obtain incriminating evidence against the spy suspect colonel In June 1963, Carin Rosén found film rolls hidden in Wennerströms attic The films turned out to contain secret documents and Wennerström was arrested a few weeks later, on June 25, 1963 STOCKH Copyright: xExpressenx CARIN ROSEN

    ARCHIVE 19630901 Carin Rosén, Stig Wennerströms maid, who was recruited as an agent for Säpo in order to obtain incriminating evidence against the spy suspect colonel In June 1963, Carin Rosén found film rolls hidden in Wennerströms attic The films turned out to contain secret documents and Wennerström was arrested a few weeks later, on June 25, 1963 STOCKH Copyright: xExpressenx CARIN ROSEN

  • Orig caption THE SWEDISH MILITARY DELEGATION, Who is invited to the Soviet Union departing from Arlanda From the right Major General Nils Björk, chief for the delegation, Colonel Stig Wennerström, Captain Stig Geite, Captain Sture Palm and Colonel K A Almgren Note Colonel S Wennerström, was sentenced in 1964 for es Copyright: xSVTx THE WENNER STREAM AFFAIR

    Orig caption THE SWEDISH MILITARY DELEGATION, Who is invited to the Soviet Union departing from Arlanda From the right Major General Nils Björk, chief for the delegation, Colonel Stig Wennerström, Captain Stig Geite, Captain Sture Palm and Colonel K A Almgren Note Colonel S Wennerström, was sentenced in 1964 for es Copyright: xSVTx THE WENNER STREAM AFFAIR

  • Original caption SPY COLONEL WENNERSTRÖM IN COURT On Thursday morning, there were attachment hearings in the Wennerström case at the eighth department of the town hall court Colonel Wennerström brings into the court persons Stig Wennerström sites STOCKHOLM SWEDEN sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx WENNERSTRÖM , STIG

    Original caption SPY COLONEL WENNERSTRÖM IN COURT On Thursday morning, there were attachment hearings in the Wennerström case at the eighth department of the town hall court Colonel Wennerström brings into the court persons Stig Wennerström sites STOCKHOLM SWEDEN sp sw x5600x Copyright: xXxXxXx WENNERSTRÖM , STIG

  • STOCKHOLM 20140522 Evening newspaper Expressens front page on June 25, 1963, when the news about the spy Stig Wennerström was revealed Stockholm Sweden x10010x Copyright: xJanerikxHenrikssonx xTTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 20140522 Evening newspaper Expressens front page on June 25, 1963, when the news about the spy Stig Wennerström was revealed Stockholm Sweden x10010x Copyright: xJanerikxHenrikssonx xTTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • STOCKHOLM 20140522 The newspaper Dagens Nyheter ran on June 26, 1963, when the news of the spy Stig Wennerström was revealed Stockholm Sweden x10010x Copyright: xJanerikxHenrikssonx xTTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 20140522 The newspaper Dagens Nyheter ran on June 26, 1963, when the news of the spy Stig Wennerström was revealed Stockholm Sweden x10010x Copyright: xJanerikxHenrikssonx xTTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE Spy colonel Stig Wennerström with a family member Sweden x190x Copyright: xPrB TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE Spy colonel Stig Wennerström with a family member Sweden x190x Copyright: xPrB TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • 1963 Suspected spy Colonel Stig Wennerström is brought to the courtroom Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    1963 Suspected spy Colonel Stig Wennerström is brought to the courtroom Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • 1960 Air Colonel Stig Wennerströms wife Ulla Greta Wennerström and daughter Christina Sweden x20360x Copyright: xSvP TTx FRU OCH DOTTER WENNERSTRÖM

    1960 Air Colonel Stig Wennerströms wife Ulla Greta Wennerström and daughter Christina Sweden x20360x Copyright: xSvP TTx FRU OCH DOTTER WENNERSTRÖM

  • 1940 Air captain Stig Wennerström in the middle with among others Prince Carl tv talking with Admiral Ehrensvärd, to the right Princes Eugen and Gustaf Adolf in connection with an inspection of the purchased fighter Romulus from Italy 1940 Stockholm Sweden x190x Copyright: xPrB TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    1940 Air captain Stig Wennerström in the middle with among others Prince Carl tv talking with Admiral Ehrensvärd, to the right Princes Eugen and Gustaf Adolf in connection with an inspection of the purchased fighter Romulus from Italy 1940 Stockholm Sweden x190x Copyright: xPrB TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • STOCKHOLM 1952 Stig Wennerström, Colonel in the Air Force Attaché STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    STOCKHOLM 1952 Stig Wennerström, Colonel in the Air Force Attaché STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xPressensxBild TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • ARCHIVE about 196307 Carin Rosà n, the woman who exposed Colonel Stig Wennerström for spying for the Soviet Union when she worked as a maid for the Wennerström family Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPressensxBildx xTTx x TT-Wennerström

    ARCHIVE about 196307 Carin Rosà n, the woman who exposed Colonel Stig Wennerström for spying for the Soviet Union when she worked as a maid for the Wennerström family Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPressensxBildx xTTx x TT-Wennerström

  • STOCKHOLM 1958 NOV Swedish Air Colonel Stig Wennerström receives a Russian military delegation visiting Stockholm in November 1958 Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage 1964 Stockholm Sweden x37770x Copyright: xRB TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 1958 NOV Swedish Air Colonel Stig Wennerström receives a Russian military delegation visiting Stockholm in November 1958 Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage 1964 Stockholm Sweden x37770x Copyright: xRB TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • STOCKHOLM UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE TT weekend Wennerström It is 9 Copyright: xTTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    STOCKHOLM UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE TT weekend Wennerström It is 9 Copyright: xTTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • ARKIV STOCKHOLM 1940 Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf two from left, Foreign Minister Christian Günther, Prime Minister Nils Quensel, Eljas Erkko, Finnish Chargé dAffaires in Stockholm, Prince Gustaf Adolf, and to the far right Stig Wennerström, Adjutant to Prince Gustaf Adolf Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPrBx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARKIV STOCKHOLM 1940 Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf two from left, Foreign Minister Christian Günther, Prime Minister Nils Quensel, Eljas Erkko, Finnish Chargé dAffaires in Stockholm, Prince Gustaf Adolf, and to the far right Stig Wennerström, Adjutant to Prince Gustaf Adolf Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPrBx xTTx x STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • STOCKHOLM 19630626 The Wennerström familys villa in Djursholm Air Force colonel Stig Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, 99 years old Tuesday, March 28, 2006 STOCKHOLM Sweden x20360x Copyright: xHermanxRonningerx xSvDx xTTx 20360

    STOCKHOLM 19630626 The Wennerström familys villa in Djursholm Air Force colonel Stig Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, 99 years old Tuesday, March 28, 2006 STOCKHOLM Sweden x20360x Copyright: xHermanxRonningerx xSvDx xTTx 20360

  • 1950s TAL The convicted Swedish air force colonel Stig Wennerström Soviet contact in Stockholm military attaché Semen Yushchenko in a hat at Bromma airport sometime in the 1950s together with deputy military attaché Sergei Yedvokimov tv and representatives of the Russian airline Aeroflot Stockholm Sweden x20360x Copyright: xSvP TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    1950s TAL The convicted Swedish air force colonel Stig Wennerström Soviet contact in Stockholm military attaché Semen Yushchenko in a hat at Bromma airport sometime in the 1950s together with deputy military attaché Sergei Yedvokimov tv and representatives of the Russian airline Aeroflot Stockholm Sweden x20360x Copyright: xSvP TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • STOCKHOLM 1963 Colonel Stig Wennerströms large villa in Djursholm was under constant police surveillance when it happened.Air Force Colonel Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, aged 99 on Tuesday 28 Copyright: xPrBx xTTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    STOCKHOLM 1963 Colonel Stig Wennerströms large villa in Djursholm was under constant police surveillance when it happened.Air Force Colonel Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, aged 99 on Tuesday 28 Copyright: xPrBx xTTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • STOCKHOLM 1960 07 18 Stig Wennerström in the Cabinet, Sven Andersson, Östen Undà n, Tage Erlander STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xRolandxJansson SCANPIXxSVERIGE TTx STATSRADSBEREDNINGEN

    STOCKHOLM 1960 07 18 Stig Wennerström in the Cabinet, Sven Andersson, Östen Undà n, Tage Erlander STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xRolandxJansson SCANPIXxSVERIGE TTx STATSRADSBEREDNINGEN

  • STOCKHOLM UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE TT weekend Wennerström It is 9 Copyright: xTTx 20360

    STOCKHOLM UNKNOWN PHOTO DATE TT weekend Wennerström It is 9 Copyright: xTTx 20360

  • ARCHIVE STOCKHOLM 19630705 Carin Rosen, the woman who exposed Colonel Stig Wennerström for spying for the Soviet Union when she worked as a maid for the Wennerström family Rosen sits on Wennerströms terrace a few weeks after the arrest of the Colonel Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPressensxBildx xTTx x TT-Wennerström

    ARCHIVE STOCKHOLM 19630705 Carin Rosen, the woman who exposed Colonel Stig Wennerström for spying for the Soviet Union when she worked as a maid for the Wennerström family Rosen sits on Wennerströms terrace a few weeks after the arrest of the Colonel Stockholm Sweden x194x Copyright: xPressensxBildx xTTx x TT-Wennerström

  • STOCKHOLM 1972 10 06 Stig Wennerström is seen outside the prison in Uppland after a petition was filed.Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, aged 99 on Tuesday 28 March 2006 STOCKHOLM SVERIGE x190x Copyright: xOllexLindeborg xPressensxBild SCANPIX TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    STOCKHOLM 1972 10 06 Stig Wennerström is seen outside the prison in Uppland after a petition was filed.Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union.He was pardoned in 1974 Grand spy Stig Wennerström has died, aged 99 on Tuesday 28 March 2006 STOCKHOLM SVERIGE x190x Copyright: xOllexLindeborg xPressensxBild SCANPIX TTx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

  • VÄSTERAS 1944 02 13 On Sunday 13 February 1944, Stig Wennerström saved his life with a parachute jump during an air crash in VÄSTERAS SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xSCANPIXxSVERIGE TTx FLYGHAVERI

    VÄSTERAS 1944 02 13 On Sunday 13 February 1944, Stig Wennerström saved his life with a parachute jump during an air crash in VÄSTERAS SWEDEN x190x Copyright: xSCANPIXxSVERIGE TTx FLYGHAVERI

  • STOCKHOLM 1963 06 26 Door sign on the door of the Society for the Promotion of Cultural and Economic Relations between Sweden and the Soviet Union on Katarinavägen 20 in Stockholm In connection with the Wennerström affair in which the Swedish Air Colonel Stig Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for spying for the Soviet Union Stockholm Sweden x11014x Copyright: xGunnarxLantz SvD TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

    STOCKHOLM 1963 06 26 Door sign on the door of the Society for the Promotion of Cultural and Economic Relations between Sweden and the Soviet Union on Katarinavägen 20 in Stockholm In connection with the Wennerström affair in which the Swedish Air Colonel Stig Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for spying for the Soviet Union Stockholm Sweden x11014x Copyright: xGunnarxLantz SvD TTx WENNERSTRÖMAFFÄREN

  • ARCHIVE 1963 Spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström is brought to court Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x1047x Copyright: xFREDDYxLINDSTRÖMx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

    ARCHIVE 1963 Spy suspect Colonel Stig Wennerström is brought to court Wennerström was sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage SWEDEN x1047x Copyright: xFREDDYxLINDSTRÖMx STIG WENNERSTRÖM

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