Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige Midsommarkrisen 1941

At dawn on June 22 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union On the same morning Germany demanded permission from the Swedish government to transport 18000 German soldiers from Norway to Finland across Sweden by railway This was a difficult problem for the Swedish government On one hand remaining friendly with Germany at the height of its power on the other maintaining a strict neutrality The Swedish cabinet meet in Stockholm to decide upon the best reply to the German demands