{"id":38463,"date":"2024-11-17T19:11:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T00:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/nordic-neighbours-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war\/17\/11\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T00:11:15","slug":"nordic-neighbours-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/nordic-neighbours-release-new-advice-on-surviving-war\/17\/11\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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

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

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Norway’s checklist includes longlife food and medicines including iodine tablets [sikkerhverdag.no]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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