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  2. Sweden and the Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    Sweden was a neutral state during World War II and was not directly involved in the Holocaust in German-occupied Europe.Nonetheless, the Swedish government maintained important economic links with Nazi Germany and there was widespread awareness within the country of its policy of persecution and, from 1942, mass extermination of Jews.

  3. Sweden during World War II - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Nazism in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Nazism in Sweden has been more or less fragmented and unable to form a mass movement since its beginning in the early 1920s. [1] Several hundred parties, groups, and associations existed from the movement's founding through the present. [2] At most, purely Nazi parties in Sweden have collected around 27,000 votes in democratic parliamentary ...

  5. Timeline of Sweden during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Nazi Germany carries out Operation Weserübung, and invades Denmark and Norway. Through the Occupation of Denmark and Norway, Sweden and Finland become totally encircled by the Nazi–Soviet Pact [1] The only window to the outside world is the Finnish harbour of Petsamo. In a note to Sweden, Germany demands: Strict neutrality, no mobilization ...

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  7. Operation Weserübung's effects on Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The war ended by the Moscow Peace Treaty on 12 March 1940, but after Germany invaded Denmark and Norway on 9 April, that force was under demobilisation. [citation needed] Before the Second World War, Sweden had no plans to defend Norway or itself from a German invasion from that direction.

  8. Transit of German troops through Finland and Sweden

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    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.

  9. Swedish neutrality - Wikipedia

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    Sweden was now entirely surrounded by Nazi allies, but the German war machine would also be distracted for the remainder of the war with their struggle with the Red Army. If there were ever serious plans for a Nazi invasion of Sweden, they were put indefinitely on hold due to the more pressing struggle with the Soviets.