The time has come the walrus said . . .

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Originally posted by Bob Potter


Glad to see Gus Adolf appear here even if briefly. He is responsible (even if he did not live to see it) for the Finnish-Swedish settlement of my home state of Delaware. If you look closely, you can still find Swedish and Finnish names around here.

On 8th April 1938 these stamps were issued to celebrate the Swedish settlement in Delaware 300 years earlier.

WW 2:

Sweden did not export nickel but iron ore to Germany. This the allies were aware of. Sweden needed coal and oil to survive. So the Swedish position was:

1. Telling the allies: "If you don´t accept that we are trading iron ore for coal from Germany - you force us to join Germany in the war".

2. Telling the Germans: "If you don´t allow us to have an open sea-link to the allies and import oil - we cannot produce iron ore for you".