Sweden aims to address students’ concerns about NATO and war once it loses its neutrality
Sweden seeks to answer worried students’ questions about NATO and war
Their concerns had been aroused by remarks made by the nation's top military commander and the minister of civil defence, who said that war was possible and that Swedes needed to get ready. News of the remarks rapidly leaked out, and the national children's support line began receiving more inquiries concerning war.
The last war Sweden fought concluded in 1814.
As Björkwall put it, "We have had the policy of neutrality for so long, several hundred years, that I have to teach about what has happened in the world, what has changed that made us change our policy. Of course we have to deal with the students' worries about risk for conflict and war, and explain why we joined."
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