Vietnam War resisters in Sweden

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme demonstrates side by side with the North Vietnamese Moscow ambassador Nguyễn Thọ Chân protesting the war in Vietnam.

Vietnam War resisters in Sweden were Americans who fled to Sweden to avoid service in the Vietnam War between 1967 and 1973. Among the roughly 1,000 American exiles were around 800 military deserters and draft dodgers. Unlike other nations like Canada that discreetly harbored Vietnam War resisters, the Swedish government granted war resisters asylum status and the public openly welcomed them. This unique acceptance and Swedish politicians' open protests against American involvement in the Vietnam War caused a rift in relations between Sweden and the United States.[1][2]

  1. ^ Scott, Carl-Gustaf (2001). "Swedish Sanctuary of American Deserters During the Vietnam War: A Facet of Social Democratic Domestic Politics". Scandinavian Journal of Politics. 26 (2): 123–142. doi:10.1080/034687501750211145. S2CID 143807347.
  2. ^ Scott, Carl-Gustaf (2015). "'Sweden Might Be a Haven, But It's Not Heaven': American War Resisters in Sweden During the Vietnam War". Immigrants and Minorities. 33 (3): 205–230. doi:10.1080/02619288.2014.923992. S2CID 144978578.