“We just did it!” – Female employees in Swedish sigint during the Second World War

Authors

  • Fredrik Wallin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp195707

Keywords:

Codebreaking, World War Two, Women, Signals Intelligence

Abstract

When the Swedish sigint agency, FRA, was formed in 1942, the civilian personnel consisted of 67 percent women. This paper explores the roles and duties performed by women at the FRA during the wartime years and their working conditions.

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Published

2023-05-30

Issue

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Historical Cryptology HistoCrypt 2023

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Copyright (c) 2023 Fredrik Wallin

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