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Last war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish–Norwegian_War_(1814) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish–Norwegian_War_(1814) So +200 years without war and c
by walkingolof 10y ago
Last war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish–Norwegian_War_(1814) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish–Norwegian_War_(1814)
So +200 years without war and counting
- pavlov 10y agoI think vspecnur was talking about "Last Night in Sweden" (which sounds like a softcore porn movie but is a different kind of fantasy).
- alehul 10y agoI believe OP was referring to the refugee crisis we've had in Sweden lately. It's put a huge strain on the country, and our prisons often have better amenities than refugee camps which is a recipe for disaster.
- seppin 10y agoI don't get why people hold this up as an accomplishment. The world has been at war several times and Sweden has fought only a few times on small scales. When you building is on fire, but your are safe in your flat, it's not a moral decision to lock your door and goto sleep for the night.
- ptaipale 10y agoActually, until Napoleonic wars, Sweden was pretty much in a constant state of war. For instance, my great-grandfather in 12th generation (then a Swedish subject in Östprovinsen, now known as Finland) earned himself a little manor house (tax-exempt and all that) by spending a couple of decades in the Thirty Years War pillaging Prague and other places. Well, many others were also warring a lot then, but the change was quite abrupt in Sweden, and then the country even managed to stay out of WWI and WWII. Of course, in Cold War it was actually operating with the U.S. but the war was not, well, hot.
- ptaipale 10y agoSweden was bombed by USSR a few times in 1940 and 1944, though.