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202559 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Sverige och kriget

202559 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

In 2025, SVT presents personal accounts from Swedish citizens reflecting on their experiences during World War II, gathered from letters, films, and diaries.

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In 2025, SVT presents personal accounts from Swedish citizens reflecting on their experiences during World War II, gathered from letters, films, and diaries.

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In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.

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