Between Neutrality and Collective Security

Abstract

The peace negotiations that followed upon the Great War were the first major ones in history which did not imply any border revisions for Sweden. Yet external changes drastically improved Sweden’s geopolitical position. The two traditionally problematic great powers, Germany and Russia, had been defeated and weakened. Finland, the Baltic States and Poland gained independence. Denmark regained the Danish-speaking part of Schleswig which settled a long-standing-problem in Scandinavian security politics. Sweden became surrounded by small states, and all Nordic countries were now free from ties to surrounding great powers.