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Which bloc was Sweden a part of during the cold war?

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Which bloc was Sweden a part of during the cold war?

Sweden has avoided military alliances since the end of the Napoleonic Wars and kept its policy of neutrality during World War II and the Cold War. Thus, approximately 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated and placed with families in Sweden during the Second World War, and nearly all of Denmark’s Jewish population._x000D_

Is Sweden ending its neutrality?

_x000D_After being firmly against NATO membership for decades, public opinion in Sweden and Finland shifted following Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Sweden decided on May 16, 2022, to seek NATO membership. The country’s governing Social Democratic party endorsed a plan for the country to join the trans-Atlantic alliance one day after Finland’s government announced a similar move.

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