Why Germany did not invade Sweden in world war II?

Question

Why Germany did not invade Sweden in world war II?

Answer 1

The policy of Sweden during World War II was to remain neutral. Swedish neutrality had been the policy for more than a century, since the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

When hostilities began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. Eventually, even though 20 nations had held a policy of neutrality in September 1939, only five European nations were capable of sustaining a policy of neutrality throughout the entire war (the others being Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland). Sweden was one of those countries able to maintain this delicate balance and avoid engagement in the European Theatre. Sweden owed this maintenance of neutrality to its location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, its long-held neutral stance in international relations, a dedicated military build-up and an unpredictable course of events which went in its favour. Another important factor was the concessions the Swedish government made to Germany, for example allowing the Wehrmacht to use Swedish railways to transport an infantry division, along with war material freight, i.e., howitzers, tanks and anti-aircraft weapons and associated ammunition, from Norway to Finland, and to transport soldiers on leave between Norway and Germany.

Answer 2

bc they were too busy killing jews

Answer 3

I think they had a puppet leader in place, named Quisling. His name is now synonymous with "traitor"

Doublecheck my memory, might've been one of the other Scandinavian countries...

Answer 4

they were busy killing jews over here in the U.S

Answer 5

The n***s already had the Swedish in their pockets, just like the Swiss and Spanish.

Sweden supplied Germany with important resources like iron ore and allowed the Germans to use Swedish territory to move troops between Norway and Finland. Swedish volunteers also fought in the Finnish and Germany militaries against the Soviet Union. Had the war gone on longer in the Axis' favor, Sweden may well have been occupied by Germany or even have joined the Axis.

Answer 6

More or less the same reasons why they didn't invade Switzerland:

Both countries simply weren't worth the effort, strategically.

Both countries had a very strong defense, making an invasion a costly affair.

Both nations were much more useful in other ways than as conquered territories.