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The Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45 and the Swedish K SMG, is a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun (SMG) designed by Gunnar Johansson, adopted in 1945 (hence the m/45 designation), and manufactured at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The m/45 was the standard submachine gun of the ...
Olof Palme, Former Minister of Sweden. Olof Palme was a key politician in the Swedish government surrounding the Vietnam War. In the summer of 1965, Palme [then Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs] gave an influential speech highlighting the increased political tension in the world and that the struggle for national freedom was "inextricably linked to the quest for social and ...
Sweden recognized South Vietnam as a state in 1957, when it voted in favor of South Vietnam's admission to the United Nations. [3] In October 1960, an agreement was reached to establish diplomatic relations between Sweden and Vietnam. The Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Tord Hagen, based in Bangkok, was also appointed ambassador to Saigon. [4]
The US Navy had the need for a submachine gun for their SEAL special operations team in Vietnam. The SEALs' weapon of choice was the Swedish Carl Gustaf m/45―a well-made and reliable submachine gun. Because Sweden was a neutral country, a problem arose; they objected to their product being used in a war zone.
Unlike other nations like Canada that discreetly harbored Vietnam War resisters, the Swedish government granted war resisters asylum status and the public openly welcomed them. This unique acceptance and Swedish politicians' open protests against American involvement in the Vietnam War caused a rift in relations between Sweden and the United ...
The Sweden–Kampuchea Friendship Association was founded in 1976 as part of associations against the Vietnam War. [3] It was influenced by the Maoist Communist Workers' Party of Sweden and other pro–Khmer Rouge organizations in Denmark and Norway. Gunnar Bergström pictured with a photograph of his meeting with Khmer Rouge
DFFG poster from 1972. Text reads "Target of the winter: Five million [Swedish krona] to FNL!"The United NLF Groups (Swedish: De förenade FNL-grupperna, abbreviated DFFG, colloquially FNL-grupperna, 'NLF Groups', or FNL-rörelsen, 'NLF movement') was a Swedish popular movement that sought to mobilize support for the struggle of the Vietnamese National Liberation Front (known by its French ...
The most significant Swedish tank development during the war was the Stridsvagn m/42 (Strv m/42) a medium tank it fielded with a 75 mm L/34 gun, the first of its size in a Swedish tank. It entered service with the Swedish army in November 1941. Modern in design, it was also well protected and mobile. A total of 282 were produced. Stridsvagn ...