Fredrik Edvard Johansson

Fredrik Edvard Johansson (28 April 1871 – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish violinist who served as the commander of the Helsinki Red Guard's I Regiment during the Finnish Civil War.Juhani Piilonen: Helsingin kaupungissa, Suomenlinnassa ja Santahaminssa 7.5.–19.6.1918 ilman oikeuskäsittelyä teloitetut punaiset, p. 459 in Nieminen 2015.{{cite book | author=Tukkinen, Tauno | year=2007 | title=Helsingin punaisten taistelutappiot 1918 | page=14 | publisher=Tauno Tukkinen | place= Helsinki }} The Helsinki Red Guard had no official commander at all when the war began, so Johansson effectively assumed this role for the duration of the war.Tuomas Hoppu: "Helsingin punakaarti - johto ja organisaatio", pp. 183–184 in Nieminen 2015.

Johansson was one of the Reds' commanders in the Battle of Sigurds in late February 1918.Tuomas Hoppu: "Helsingin punakaartit rintamilla", p. 197 in Nieminen 2015. He was also the real leader of Helsinki's defence after the Finnish People's Delegation fled Vyborg in early April 1918 from the approaching Baltic Sea Division. On 9-11 April, Johansson, together with Edvard Nyqvist, chief of militia, and Työväentalo commissar Robert Hurskainen, tried several times to get Helsinki either evacuated or to surrender, but the People's Delegation ordered the Helsinki Red Guards to defend the city. Kari Kuusela: "Baltic Division Attacks Helsinki", pp. 120–122 in Nieminen 2015. Johansson was captured by the Germans after the Battle of Helsinki on 12-13 April.

Johansson was a white prisoner in Sörnäinen Prison until he was shot without trial in Santahamina on 21 May 1918, together with ten other Reds.Juhani Piilonen: "Rechtenkäytö Helsingin vankileirissä", p. 337, 346 in Nimeinen 2015. The execution was personally presided over by the Helsinki commandant, Major General Gösta Theslöf, who probably also ordered it. The writer Algot Untola was also on the same transport, but was shot on the way to the sea after he tried to escape. Johansson was declared dead in 1952, the official date of death being 1 January 1922.