Firstly, although Sweden had a strict policy of "NEUTRALITY" she wasn't. She Cooperated with Germany in several different ways.
1. Sweden refused England and France to transport troops through Sweden to help Finland, but allowed Hitler to transport troops through Sweden to attack Norway.
2. Germany was dependent on Sweden for her iron ore, which was being used to make guns etc.
3. Despite their agreement with the Allies, Sweden export ball bearing steal and ball bearing machines to the Germans.
4. From http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/dailynews/neutrals1031.html
"Sweden -- One of Nazi Germany's largest trading partners. Swedish bankers apparently took billions of dollars in gold from the Nazis w/o inquiring about its origins. Supplied critically needed iron ore and ball bearings. Swedish jewelry dealers bought diamonds looted by Nazis in Belgium."
From these four pints I think you could figure out the advantages Sweden's "Neutrality" policy was for Hitler. I guess the question probably should read what advantages did Sweden have with their neutrality policy
The reason Hitler wanted Sweden to remain free is because he needed a safe,but neutrel place to stash all of the money and artifacts that he stole
The question is more complex than it would appear at first glance. I would, however, like to start off by correcting a couple of mistakes in the previous answer:
Sweden did not refuse England and France to transport troops through her territory to help Finland. Sweden most likely would have refused such a permission, had the question been asked. But the plan, initiated by Winston Churchill, was to land in northern Norway, advance into Sweden and destroy the mines producing iron ore (which was of vital interest to Germany) and continue into Finland and engage the Soviets. Luckily, this never came to be since the Germans beat the allies to it in May 9th 1940. And the expedition force turned into a rescue party which instead engaged the Germans in Norway. Had the original plan succeeded, there's no telling what implications it would have had on the outcome of the war.
Neither did Sweden allow free passage to German troops attacking Norway, although this is a common misconception. Germany did request such passage, which was denied. In a later stage of the war (late 1941), passage of German troops through Sweden was allowed. These were troops destined for the Finnish/Soviet front-line (and the decision was probably, at least in part, the result of the misguided ambition to help Finland in this manner). However questionable in regard to neutral standards, quite a different thing.
To put it simply. At the time (1940) Germany was on the brink of being military overstretched. The attack on Scandinavia was a gamble, which very well could have ended in disaster for Germany (and almost did). Attacking Sweden as well, would have posed Germany with very high risk and very few, or no advantages. As noted earlier, trade (ball bearings, iron ore and so forth) worked satisfactory from Germanys standpoint, and an invasion would have accomplished nothing but an interruption of the flow of those items. Furthermore, Norway and Denmark were relatively easy targets compared to Sweden, which would have required an even greater strain on Germany's militart resources at this critical point. To this should be added that the geographical position of Sweden was of little consequence to Germany.
Once again, I'd like to stress that the question would require a far more detailed answer than the above.
Sweden was neutral in World War 2, so Swedish Jews were safe in Sweden.
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No, Sweden was neutral during WWII and remained neutral throughout the war
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Sweden was not, as it was neutral. Finland was not, but it was an ally of Germany. Germany obviously was occupied by Germany.
Swedish was spoken in Sweden before world war 2.
Sweden was neutral in Word War II.
Sweden remained neutral the entire war.
Sweden had no allies before world war 2, exept frequent trading with neighburing countries.
Sweden was neutral in World War 2, so Swedish Jews were safe in Sweden.
No. Sweden was neutral.
Sweden was neutral in WW2.
Denmark was invaded and occupied, Sweden was not.
Sweden was neutral during World War 2.
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Sweden was a neutral country if that's what you wanted to know
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