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A Scandinavian defense union that would include Sweden, Norway and Denmark was planned between the three countries after World War II. Denmark and Norway had been occupied by Germany between 1940 and 1945, while Sweden, having escaped the horrors of occupation it had, still felt the effects of the war. All three countries were unanimous that a united defense would be of utmost importance to prevent a repetition of the terrors that a new war would bring. Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ...
The Scandinavian Mountains, or Skanderna, Kölen or Fjällen, are a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. ...
The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula located at the northwest corner of Europe and encloses the Baltic Sea. ...
The Viking Age is the name of the period between 793 A.D. and 1066 A.D. in Scandinavia, following the Germanic Iron Age and the Vendel Age in Sweden. ...
The Varangians or Variags were Scandinavians who travelled eastwards, mainly from Sweden. ...
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poopthing (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. ...
The Kalmar Union (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish: Kalmarunionen) was a series of personal unions (1397–1520) that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden under a single monarch. ...
The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. ...
The Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is a term sometimes, but erroneously, used to refer to the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union, following the Convention of Moss, on August 14, and the Norwegian constitutional revision of...
The Scandinavian Monetary Union (Swedish: Skandinaviska myntunionen, Danish: Skandinaviske møntunion) was a monetary union formed by Sweden and Denmark on May 5, 1873 by fixing their currencies against gold at par to each other. ...
The history of Scandinavia is the common history of the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The position of Finland
Finland which had fought two wars against the Soviet Union, had close relations with the Scandinavian countries. After the Continuation War where Soviet Union forced Finland to sue for peace but failed in its goal of conquering and annexing the country (in a manner similar to the Baltic States, Finland became neutral with democratic goverment and market economy. However, as the country shared 1000 kilometers of border with Soviet Union, the position of the Soviet Union could not be ignored in Finnish politics. Due to this Finland could not be included in any discussions of military cooperation. Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ...
The Continuation War was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II; from the Soviet bombing attacks on June 25, 1941, to cease-fire September 4, 1944 (on the Finnish side) and September 5 (on the Soviet side). ...
Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which nowadays refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. ...
Norway and Denmark join NATO The three Scandinavian countries would if they had entered into an alliance, have remained separate sovereign countries but acted as a single bloc in foreign policy and security issues. The proposed union was being discussed by a joint Scandinavian committee during the winter of 1948-1949, but the Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, and preparations for a western alliance that would result in the North Atlantic Treaty proved that the efforts were in vain. When it became known that the western alliance would not be able to supply the Scandinavian countries with armaments before meeting their own pressing needs, this issue ultimately proved to be the turning point for Norway, which resigned from the talks. Denmark was still willing to enter into an alliance with Sweden, but the Swedes saw few advantages in this and the proposal fell. Norway and Denmark subsequently became signatory parties of the North Atlantic Treaty and members of NATO. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
The North Atlantic Treaty is the treaty that brought NATO into existence, signed in Washington, DC on April 4, 1949. ...
The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4...
The basis of Swedish neutrality Sweden chose not to join NATO, despite a fierce debate on the issue. One of the strongest proponents was Hebert Tingsten, editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter, the largest newspaper in Sweden, who used the editorial to argue why Sweden should join. He found a great opponent in the foreign minister of the time Östen Undén, who argued that Sweden should stay non-aligned and remain neutral in case of war. An aspect of this which is often ignored is the position of Finland. Had Sweden opted to join NATO, it seems likely that the Soviet Union would have been compelled to secure a more firm hold over Finland, which would have locked the country behind the iron curtain and created a frontline between NATO and the Warsaw Pact straight through the Baltic Sea. It may even seem odd that Finland, which prior to 1917 had been a part of the Russian Empire, unlike its neighbours the Baltic states had been left on the outside not only of the Soviet Union but also outside the Soviet bloc and the iron curtain. The position of Sweden as a member of the western world was not in doubt, but it could not, based on the choices it had made on foreign policy, join the western military alliance, and hanging those choices would likely prohibit the people of Finland, which up to the 19th century had been a part of Sweden, to enjoy democracy and human rights on the terms that they were defined in the west. Dagens Nyheter or DN is a daily newspaper in Sweden. ...
Bo Östen Undén (Karlstad 25 August 1886 – Stockholm 14 January 1974), J.D., was a Swedish academic, civil servant and Social Democratic politician. ...
Map of Warsaw Pact member countries. ...
The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...
1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered a fourth Baltic state. ...
The term Western World or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
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