Amelie Posse

Background

Amelie Posse was the daughter of Count Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wennerberg.

Career

In 1938, she returned to Sweden after an order for her arrest had been issued by the Gestapo. In 1940, she was one of the founders of the discussionclub Tisdagsklubben ("The Tuesday Club") in Stockholm. The club was in fact inaugurated the same day Nazi Germany occupied Norway, the 9 April 1940.

Tisdagsklubben was to be used as the center of the Swedish resistance movement in the case Sweden was ever occupied by Nazi Germany.

A tiny museum with Amelie Posse memorabilia can be found at Örenäs slott, close to Posse"s childhood home (torn down), near Landskrona in south Sweden.

Works

• book

  • Vidare

Politics

She is also known for her work against nazism during World World War World War II lieutenant was formally a discussion-club about culture, but its true purpose was to work against the expansion of nazism in Sweden.

Membership

Amelie Posse was, like other members of the club, listed in German records as "Untrustworthy Swedes".

Connections

Friend:

Garrigue Masaryk