Captain Pan

Sara Trygg

The true story of a raped soldier

Softcover, 200 pages

It takes courage to break the culture of silence that prevails among soldiers. Many events never come to light. Captain Pan is a revealing portrayal from reality about the power of daring to tell stories.

“I tried to get back in short bursts to the summer heat that had made the uniform and body armor heavy with sweat. The hair that had stuck to the skin under the helmet. The weapon strap that gnawed at my neck and that it was time to rest before the night. The exercises that the captain had guided me through had been developing, I felt happy that summer day, but at the same time worried. Why were we driving around alone with weapons and ammunition in his private car in the forests of Sörmland? I felt a sudden unease, which turned into vulnerability.”

SARA TRYGG is a writer, lecturer, poet, soldier and human rights activist. She has many years of experience from the Swedish Armed Forces. Alongside her work, she has deepened her knowledge in history, international relations and trauma processing. The driving force is to understand human differences and our inner ability to overcome immeasurable obstacles.

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"An important book for many, but mostly for the Armed Forces (Rating 5 out of 5) A highly personal story that is nevertheless universally valid. The book portrays in a very good way just how confusing life can become when you have been subjected to extreme stress, whether it be abuse, harassment or exclusion. It also describes how strong we humans are and how, despite repeated setbacks and non-existent support, we can move on. It also points out how differently society views men and women who overcome crises. Women rarely get a second chance and are viewed with suspicion, while men can often add their background to their list of merit. The Armed Forces will now grow and recruit more people, not least women. Here we have a woman who has shown her ability and fighting spirit more than most."

"It was an incredibly strong and moving book. I read it in one go. It brought to mind Primo Levi's book about the Holocaust."

"CAPTAIN KASTRULL – The true story of a raped soldier. My bravest colleague in The Armed Forces is called Sara Trygg. Today she releases her book. She writes about her darkest experiences and experiences of her working life in the Armed Forces. A revealing account of her reality. It is worth noting that despite everything that has happened, she still wears her uniform with the Swedish flag on her arm with pride. Despite all the internal work with the Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén at the forefront of combating unwelcome behavior and ÖB clarity linked to the core values ​​- "Anyone who cannot live by the core values ​​of the Armed Forces has no place in the Armed Forces." Sara Trygg's book makes it obvious that the Armed Forces have a lot left to do to change in order to improve. I would like to urge everyone to buy Author SaraTrygg's book, to read her personal blog "A green thing for mom" and to Like and Share this post. Do it for a good cause, do it to help improve the Armed Forces and do it to support my bravest colleague in the Armed Forces - Sara Trygg!"/Mats Sander

"Well-written and accessible, and somehow exciting, hard to put down and just want to read more."

"Captain Kastrull will help me see signals that things are not right, strengthen me to say no, intervene and do something. Both for the person affected and for my own sake."

"Captain Kastrull is very well written and I like the language and tone of the book. The subject matter is horrific and so is what happened, but despite that, the story flows and is very believable in all the hardships described."