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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.
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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 donīt 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 donīt allow us to have an open sea-link to the allies and import oil - we cannot produce iron ore for you".