- Collections
- Conference rooms
- Lotta Svärd
Birth of the organization - Activities and
development - Lotta insignia
- Equipment and
Collection Section - Catering Section
- Medical Section
- Office and
Communications Section - Searchlight Lottas
- Junior Lottas
- Lotta uniform
- The Syväranta estate
- The Lotta Svärd Foundation
Junior Lottas
Junior Lottas were girls aged from 8 to 16 years, whose activities are to a great extent comparable to present-day scouting. Junior Lottas did practice many important skills such as first-aid, but the main issue was that children and youth were given a patriotic upbringing with the help of a decent hobby. During the wars, many Junior Lottas were given rather demanding responsibilities in spite of their young age: they worked, for instance, in hospitals and canteens and helped out Lottas of the equipment section. It is for this reason that they were named "Lotta girls" in 1943.
Junior Lottas were girls aged from 8 to 16 years, whose activities are to a great extent comparable to present-day scouting. Junior Lottas did practice many important skills such as first-aid, but the main issue was that children and youth were given a patriotic upbringing with the help of a decent hobby. During the wars, many Junior Lottas were given rather demanding responsibilities in spite of their young age: they worked, for instance, in hospitals and canteens and helped out Lottas of the equipment section. It is for this reason that they were named "Lotta girls" in 1943.
| Junior Lotta badge The Junior Lottas (aged from 8 to 16) carried this heraldic rose on their Lotta uniform. The heraldic rose symbolizes valour, courage and victory. |
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 Junior Lotta as a canteen aide.  The work of Junior Lottas made it possible for many grown-up Lottas to move from the home front to where the war was being waged.  Junior Lottas from Helsinki collecting funds at Kaivopuisto park. |
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