<page_title> Sweden during World War II (timeline) </page_title> <section_title> Timeline </section_title> <table> <cell> 25 December <col_header> 1939[edit] </col_header> <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sweden declares itself Non-belligerent in the Winter War <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sweden refuses to intervene militarily in the war, but provides economic and material aid, alongside some 8,000 volunteers to the defense of Finland. <col_header> Effects on Sweden, and article links </col_header> </cell> </table>
On December 25, Sweden declares itself Non-belligerent in the Winter War and Sweden refuses to intervene militarily in the war, but provides economic and material aid, alongside some 8,000 volunteers to the defense of Finland.