World war 2 in Sweden

Swedish military 1944. www.classicpicture.se Kristoffersson

During WW2 . Sweden was neutral during the Second World War. The other Scandinavian countries were invaded and German soldiers were on the other side at each of the Swedish border. Sweden mobilised it's army and every fighting man were in active duty either in training or guarding the land, sea and air. The most famous Swedish person during this war was Raoul Wallenberg. He saved many lives by giving them documents that gave them a way out from a certain death. Wallenberg was arrested by Russian intelligence 1945 and disappeared. There is to this day no information what happened to him.

About the picture. Five Swedish soldiers at the arctic circle. The are standing in front of the sign with the name in different languages.The year is 1944

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