{"id":17330,"date":"2024-11-18T10:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/sweden-finland-and-norway-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:40:42","slug":"sweden-finland-and-norway-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/sweden-finland-and-norway-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden, Finland and Norway release new advice on surviving war"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The new version of Sweden’s pamphlet “If the crisis or war comes” will reach letterboxes from Monday<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf crisis or war comes\u201d has been updated from six years ago<\/a> because of what the government in Stockholm calls the worsening security situation, by which it means Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The booklet is also twice the size.<\/p>\n

Neighbouring Finland has also just published its own fresh advice online on \u201cpreparing for incidents and crises\u201d. <\/p>\n

And Norwegians have also recently received a pamphlet<\/a> urging them to be prepared to manage on their own for a week in the event of extreme weather, war and other threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During the summer, Denmark’s emergency management agency<\/a> said it was emailing Danish adults details on the water, food and medicine they would need to get through a crisis for three days.<\/p>\n

In a detailed section on military conflict, the Finnish digital brochure<\/a> explains how the government and president would respond in the event of an armed attack, stressing that Finland\u2019s authorities are \u201cwell prepared for self defence\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sweden joined Nato only this year, deciding like Finland to apply after Moscow expanded its war in 2022. Norway was a founder member of the Western defensive alliance.<\/p>\n

Unlike Sweden and Norway, the Helsinki government has decided not to print a copy for every home as it \u201cwould cost millions\u201d and a digital version could be updated more easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have sent out 2.2 million paper copies, one for each household in Norway,\u201d said Tore Kamfjord, who is responsible for the campaign of self-preparedness at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Norway’s checklist includes longlife food and medicines including iodine tablets<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Included in the lists of items to be kept at home are long-life foods such as tins of beans, energy bars and pasta, and medicines including iodine tablets in case of a nuclear accident.<\/p>\n

Oslo sent out an earlier version in 2018, but Kamfjord said climate change and more extreme weather events such as floods and landslides had brought increased risks.<\/p>\n

For Swedes, the idea of a civil emergency booklet is nothing new. The first edition of \u201cIf War Comes\u201d was produced during World War Two and it was updated during the Cold War.<\/p>\n

But one message has been moved up from the middle of the booklet: \u201cIf Sweden is attacked by another country, we will never give up. All information to the effect that resistance is to cease is false.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was not long ago that Finland and Sweden were still neutral states, although their infrastructure and \u201ctotal defence system\u201d date back to the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carl-Oskar Bohlin presented the pamphlet last month<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sweden\u2019s Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said last month that as the global context had changed, information to Swedish households had to reflect the changes too. <\/p>\n

Earlier this year he warned that \u201cthere could be war in Sweden\u201d, although that was seen as a wake-up call because he felt that moves towards rebuilding that \u201ctotal defence\u201d were progressing too slowly.<\/p>\n

Because of its long border with Russia and its experience of war with the Soviet Union in World War Two, Finland has always maintained a high level of defence. Sweden, however, scaled down its infrastructure and only in recent years started gearing up again.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the Finnish perspective, this is a bit strange,\u201d according to Ilmari Kaihko, associate professor of war studies at the Swedish Defence University. \u201c[Finland] never forgot that war is a possibility, whereas in Sweden, people had to be shaken up a bit to understand that this can actually happen,” says Kaihko, who’s from Finland.<\/p>\n

Melissa Eve Ajosmaki, 24, who is originally from Finland but studies in Gothenburg, says she felt more worried when the war broke out in Ukraine. \u201cNow I feel less worried but I still have the thought at the back of my head on what I should do if there was a war. Especially as I have my family back in Finland.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The guides include instructions on what to do in case of several scenarios and ask citizens to make sure they can fend for themselves, at least initially, in case of a crisis situation.<\/p>\n

Finns are asked how they would cope without power for days on end with winter temperatures as low as -20C.<\/p>\n

Their checklist also includes iodine tablets, as well as easy-to-cook food, pet food and a backup power supply.<\/p>\n

The Swedish checklist recommends potatoes, cabbage, carrots and eggs along with tins of bolognese sauce and prepared blueberry and rosehip soup.<\/p>\n

Swedish Economist Ingemar Gustafsson, 67, recalls receiving previous versions of the pamphlet: \u201cI’m not that worried about the whole thing so I take it pretty calmly. It’s good that we get information about how we should act and how we should prepare, but it’s not like I have all those preparations at home\u201d.<\/p>\n

One of the most important recommendations is to keep enough food and drinking water for 72 hours.<\/p>\n

But Ilmari Kaihko wonders whether that is practical for everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere do you stash it if you have a big family living in a small apartment?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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