| German-Swedish skirmishes in Lapland | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden  United Kingdom Co-Belligerent:  Norway |
 Nazi Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Bo Furugård |
Rudolf Mayer Nikolaus von Falkenhorst | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 company 1 Armoured train | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed |
2 planes 1 plane damaged 8 killed 9 captured | ||||||
The German-Swedish skirmishes in Lapland were a series of confrontations between the Swedish and German militaries. During the German invasion of Norway, the Luftwaffe would make numerous incursions into Swedish airspace, but without a serious response from the Swedes. However, after the incursion of a German Dornier Do 26 resulted in the death of the Swedish conscript-soldier Sven Sjöberg, the attitudes of the Swedish soldiers changed towards foreign aircraft in their territory and thus the rate of shot down German planes in the area increased. Hostilities ceased upon the completion of Operation Weserübung.