Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na duniya da kuma Yakin Cacar Baki, ƙananan ƙasashen Nordic biyar sun tilasta yin aiki mai wuya, amma sun riƙe 'yancin kansu kuma sun ci gaba da dimokiradiyya na zaman lafiya. Kasashen Nordic sun kasance tsaka tsaki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, amma a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na biyu ba za su iya ware kansu daga siyasar duniya ba. Tarayyar Soviet ta kai wa Finland hari a 1939 kuma Finland ta ba da yanki bayan Yaƙin hunturu. A shekara ta 1941, Finland ta kaddamar da
wani hari na ramuwar gayya tare da hare-haren Jamus a kan Tarayyar Soviet. Koyaya, an rasa ƙarin ƙasa kuma tsawon shekaru masu zuwa manufofin Finnish na waje ya dogara ne akan sasantawa da Tarayyar Soviet, kodayake Finland ta sami damar riƙe tsarin mulkin demokraɗiyya. Denmark da Norway sun mamaye Jamus a 1940. Allies sun amsa ta hanyar mamaye Iceland, Faroe Islands da Greenland. Sweden ta sami nasarar riƙe tsaka tsaki a cikin rikici na Axis / Allies kuma ta guji tashin hankali kai tsaye, amma a aikace ta dace da burin ikon da ke da iko <unk> da farko Jamus, daga baya Allies. Duk da haka, a lokacin Yakin hunturu tsakanin Finland da Rasha a cikin 1939-1940 Sweden ta goyi bayan Finland kuma ta ayyana kanta a matsayin "marasa fada" maimakon tsaka tsaki.