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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.
The North Atlantic Front: Orkney, Shetland, Faroe and Iceland at War (2004) Nissen, Henrik S., ed. Scandinavia during the Second World War (Universitetsforlaget, 1983) Petrow, Richard. The Bitter Years; The Invasion and Occupation of Denmark and Norway, April 1940-May 1945 (1974) Riste, Olav et al. Norway and the Second World War (1996)
To counter the effects of Soviet reinforcements starting to arrive at the war front, Finland asks Sweden to contribute to the war effort with 2 divisions, 20.000 soldiers. Sweden declines, but is willing to raise the roof of the numbers of Swedish volunteers to Finland. Finland explores the option of large scale western intervention in the war.
Sweden: Norway: Norwegian victory [8] Battle of Helgeå. Location: In Helge å or in Uppland. Sweden Norway: North Sea Empire Kingdom of England: Anglo-Danish victory Battle of Stiklestad. Location: In Stiklestad. Sweden Olaf II of Norway: North Sea Empire: Anglo-Danish victory Swedish support for Magnus invasion of Norway (1035) Location: In ...
Storlien, Sweden, 1940, German transit traffic Storlien, Sweden, 1940, German transit traffic, alpine riflemen. The matter of German troop transfer through Finland and Sweden during World War II was one of the more controversial aspects of modern Nordic history beside Finland's co-belligerence with Nazi Germany in the Continuation War, and the export of Swedish iron ore during World War II.
About 50,000 Norwegians fled to Sweden during the war. [13] At first Norwegian refugees were met by Swedish immigration authorities and several hundred were turned away as ineligible to enter Sweden. Norwegian military members were interred as required by the Hague Conventions. Later, all Norwegians were regarded as political refugees.
Map of Norway in 1939. Plan R 4 was an unrealised British plan to invade Norway and Sweden in April 1940, during the Second World War.As a result of competing plans for Norway and a German invasion of Norway the same month, it was not carried out as designed.
Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101) Kingdom of Norway: Sweden: Inconclusive. Through the marriage of Magnus Barefoot and Margaret Fredkulla, Inge's daughter, Norway gains the land of Dalsland. However, due to the marriage being childless, Dalsland never becomes integrated into Norway, and it's returned to Sweden after Magnus died in 1103