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Norwegians. They were a collection of bitter men
who considered themselves to have been fooled when
they were ordered by their officers to cross the
Swedish border. They openly talked about sabotage
— the weapons they had received when the
Norwegian army was mobilized were useless — and they
believed that by crossing the Swedish border they
could proceed through Sweden to the north of
Norway, in order to fight there against the German
occupation troops.
Very soon, a number of Englishmen who had come
across the border, also became internees. They were
members of an invasion force that the English had
landed at Åndalsnes, and hastily we arranged a camp
for them.
Neither the Norwegians nor the English stayed
long in Sweden. We could very soon send them back
to their home country, at the same time repatriating
a number of German pilots who had made forced
landings in Sweden. The Germans soon invaded the
Baltic countries, however, and we at the General
Staff received a report that a number of Russian
ships from those countries had arrived off the
Swedish coast. We billeted the Russians for the time
being in Stockholm, and I remember very well my
impressions upon first meeting them. Of course, they
were very suspicious. Sweden was an unknown
country to them, and they were uncertain of their
future there. To begin with, they were on the
defensive, but matters were arranged in a spirit of
cooperation, and a camp was organized for the Russians
near Stockholm.
On account of the intensification of Allied bombing
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