Why wasn't Sweden occupied by the Nazis?

Answer 1

it wouldn't help in his campaign, mountains and chocolate, not he best use of his troops.

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Germany primarily wanted two things from Sweden : Iron ore and Train transit to Finland. As it turned out they could get both by the mere threat of invasion, no invasion was needed.

Answer 2

This is a short explanation of Sweden's Neutrality. If you want to read more you can see the information on Wikipedia under the heading below. Sweden during World War II

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The official policy of Sweden before, during, and after World War II is neutralism. It has held this policy for almost 2 centuries, since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. (see Swedish neutrality).

In contrast to many other neutral countries, Sweden was not directly attacked during the war. It was however subject to British and Nazi German Naval blockades, which led to problems for the supply of food and fuels. From spring 1940 to summer 1941 Sweden and Finland were surrounded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

This led to difficulties in maintaining the rights and duties of neutral states in the Hague Convention. During the war Sweden violated this by:

• Supporting Finland during the Winter War with military equipment and military volunteers. In this context, Sweden acted not as a neutral country but as a nonbelligerent
• Between July 1940 to August 1943 German troops were allowed to travel through Swedish Territory.
• From 1943 training Norwegian and Danish troops in Sweden.

In spite of the fact that it was allowed by the Hague Convention, Sweden has been criticized for exportation of iron ore to Nazi Germany war industry via the Norwegian port of Narvik. Nazi German war industry dependence on Swedish iron ore shipments was the primary reason for Great Britain and their allies to launch Operation Wilfred and the Norwegian Campaign in early April 1940. By early June 1940 the Norwegian Campaign stood as a failure for the allies, and by securing access to Norwegian ports by force Nazi Germany could obtain the Swedish iron ore supply it needed for war production despite the British naval blockade.

See also: Sweden during World War II (Timeline)