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OCR: Sweden declared LT neutrality in September 1939, immediately SWEDEN FINLANO after the outbreak of NORWAY Worid War II. Affected ESTONI by British navai biockade and always at risk of German invasion Sweden maintained its precarious neutraiity by serving usefui functions for both sides. In the first years of the Nazi regime of Ger rmany the Swedish government iimited immigration for political refugees in such way as to deny most German Jews entry into the country. During the war years, however, the Swedish government activeiy assisted refugees from Scandinavian countries Around 900 of the 1,700 Jews of Norway about 100 Jews from Finland and neariy aii 7.800 Jews of Denmark were sheltered in Sweden the war. In 1944 the Swedish government also worked ciosely with the War Refugee Board and the ...