Sweden/Military
 Sweden/Military  (Armed Forces, Sweden/Deep state)   | |
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| Interest of | Centre for Societal Security |
The armed forces of Sweden.
As part of the deep state, elements within the military have conspired against the elected government on several occasions.
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World War 2
During World War 2, there were a lot of rumors of a possible pro-German military coup in winter–spring 1942. A pro-British general was intensively preparing for the defence of Stockholm, and the illness of the pro-German Swedish King Gustav V put the coup plotters in a difficult situation. The Liberal Party leader Gustav Andersson wrote in his memoirs that Major-General Axel Rappe argued that Sweden should join Finland and Germany and move two-thirds of the Swedish army to the Finnish–Soviet Front. According to the memoirs of the later Chief of Navy Admiral Stig Hansson Ericson, Rappe proposed a military coup in 1940 and was trying to get support for it from Admiral Hansson Ericson.[1]
The Secret war against Sweden
- Full article: The secret war against Sweden
- Full article: The secret war against Sweden
During the 1980s, officers conspired with foreign powers with the aim to ultimately topple the elected government of Olof Palme.
Senior Swedish officers discussed the necessity of a military coup in Sweden in the early 1980s with representatives of the US Embassy (i.e with the Pentagon and CIA)[2].
On 10 November 1985, Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) published interviews with twelve senior naval officers in what effectively amounted to an "officer revolt" against the elected government of Olof Palme. The leadership of an entire arms service – the Navy – declared that they "lacked confidence in the government".[3]
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Schlesinger | “[Former United States Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger] said 'The [Swedish] Military was planning for us to come as soon as possible'. He obviously did not speak about all Swedish politicians or all Swedish military officers, but rather about a fundamental divide between a few relevant political leaders with the ambition of keeping Swedish neutrality, and some senior military officers that were directly linked up to the U.S. agencies, officers that identified themselves with the United States and with U.S. military priorities: They planned for the U.S. military forces to come to Sweden 'as soon as possible'” | Ola Tunander James Schlesinger | 1993 |
| John Vessey | “When it comes to Sweden, there was only one rule: Nothing on paper.” | John Vessey John W Vessey Jr. | 1989 |
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans von Hofsten | Commander in the Swedish Navy | 1972 | 1991 | Instigated the 1985 "Officers' Revolt" against Prime Minister Olof Palme |
| Per Rudberg | Chief of the Swedish Navy | 1978 | 1984 | |
| Stig Synnergren | Chief of the Defence Staff (Sweden) | 1 April 1967 | 30 September 1970 | |
| Stig Synnergren | Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces | 1 October 1970 | 30 September 1978 |
