1. Hans Kalm was an Estonian soldier who served in the armies of Russian Empire, Finland and Estonia.
11 Facts About Hans Kalm
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Hans Kalm was a homeopath and naturopath who took an interest in alternative medicine.
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Hans Kalm was recruited by the Imperial Russian Army in 1914 and fought in the First World War in the Gulf of Riga.
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Hans Kalm resigned from the White Army in July 1918 and left for Estonia, where he became the commander of the Pohjan Pojat regiment fighting in the Estonian War of Independence.
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Pohjan Pojat was disbanded in May 1919 and Hans Kalm returned to Finland.
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Hans Kalm returned to Finland again in 1934 and settled in Rauma in Western Finland.
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Hans Kalm was interested in alternative medicine like naturopathy, orthopathy, and homeopathy and even ran a spa.
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Hans Kalm was released in October 1941 and sent to Germany to study military health issues for the Finnish Army.
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Hans Kalm worked as a physician in Aiken County, South Carolina and later studied surgery in Mexico.
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In 1957 Hans Kalm returned to Finland to practice homeopathic medicine.
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Hans Kalm spent his last years with his son's family in Jyvaskyla and died in 1981.