Tyra Elisabet Wadner (7 June 1891 - 7 June 1967) was a Swedish defence volunteer who founded the Swedish Svenska Lottakåren (SLK), the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization. Early life. Tyra Elizabeth Nordquist was born in Brunskog, Värmland, on 7 June 1891 to August Nordquist and Mathilda (née Friberger). She was the youngest of their five children. Her father managed a factory but died before she was a year old. Following this tragedy, her family moved to Dalarna. In 1914, Tyra Nordquist married the then Underlöjtnant Martin Wadner, who later became a colonel.
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Tyra Elisabet Wadner (7 June 1891 - 7 June 1967) was a Swedish defence volunteer who founded the Swedish Svenska Lottakåren (SLK), the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization. Early life. Tyra Elizabeth Nordquist was born in Brunskog, Värmland, on 7 June 1891 to August Nordquist and Mathilda (née Friberger). She was the youngest of their five children. Her father managed a factory but died before she was a year old. Following this tragedy, her family moved to Dalarna. In 1914, Tyra Nordquist married the then Underlöjtnant Martin Wadner, who later became a colonel.
