Scandinavian vision of the Victory

... near the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier in Kirkenes. On the same day, King Harald V of Norway and Prime Minister Erna Solberg attended a commemorative ceremony at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. Nothing of this kind could ever have happened in Sweden, where the liberation of Scandinavia and the end of the Second World War are both unofficial holidays. On May 8, 2015, the Radio Sweden website posted a series of historical facts about the Second World War with detailed accounts of crowds of people in downtown Stockholm celebrating ...