• year 1940 in Sweden Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson April – Initiation of regular transit of German troops through Sweden to and...
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    were held in Sweden on 15 September 1940. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 134 of the 230 seats in the Andra kammaren...
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    Swedish telephone and telegraph lines between Germany and Norway. Sweden allowed this, but tapped the lines. In the early summer of 1940, the Swedish...
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  • The 1940–41 season in Swedish football, starting August 1940 and ending July 1941: June 2, 1941 ?, Stockholm June 8, 1941 ?, Eskilstuna June 15, 1941 ...
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    of Swedish iron ore during World War II. The Swedish concession to German demands during and after the German invasion of Norway in April–June 1940 is...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was...
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    locality and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,000 inhabitants in 2010. The town straddles the sound connecting Övre Fryken...
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    In 1940, Crown Princess Märtha and her family were immersed in World War II as Germany invaded Norway. After escaping to her home country of Sweden,...
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    participate in the games, at the eve of the planned 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Men: Finland 47 – 37 Sweden Women: Finland 26 – 43 Sweden Total: Finland...
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  • - in fact, after 1940, Sweden had more bombers than fighter aircraft. These offensive aircraft may have been meant to attack Soviet naval bases in the...
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