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The trophies and flags of armies defeated by Sweden in the 17th and 18th centuries are displayed in a special room. The museum also houses a mini-exhibition about Raoul Wallenberg, the renowned Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis during the final months of World War II.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.
Sweden's air force at the beginning of World War II was relatively small and lacked modern radar systems, engines, or weaponry. This changed during the build-up in the 1940s, though, eventually providing Sweden with an aircraft storage that was both numerous and of high quality, in preparation for the Cold War.
3. The Second World War, when the Swedish Airforce increased in size and the first SAAB planes joined in the period 1939–1945. 4. Aviation technology 5. Sweden during the Cold War, showing preparations made in case of war in the period of the 1950s–1980s. The various exhibitions including the displayed aircraft are shown on three levels in ...
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Sweden" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Royal Armoury (Swedish: Livrustkammaren) is a museum in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.It contains many artifacts of Swedish military history and Swedish royalty.It is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustavus Adolphus when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved for posterity.
Throughout World War II, Sweden held the largest infantry army of the Nordic countries with more than 1,000,000 soldiers. When the war broke out in 1939, Sweden had one armoured division consisting of merely 13 light tanks, only 3 of which were considered to be modern (the remaining 10 had been in service since the 1920s).
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.