Sverige och kriget — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2 Surrounded
Documentary, War & Politics • 58 min • 1 season, 5 episodes • ★ 5.0/10
Episode synopsis
On April 9, 1940, the Swedish people wake up to the news that Denmark and Norway have been occupied by Nazi Germany. We are neighbors with evil. Our troops are positioned in the north towards the Finnish border and we are unprotected along the borders with Denmark and Norway
About Sverige och kriget
In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.