Skåne Line

Skåne Line

The Skåne Line ( _sv. Skånelinjen), popularly known as the Per Albin Line ( _sv. Per Albin-linjen) after then Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson, was a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden to protect the country from a possible German invasion. It stretched from Halland across Skåne to Blekinge and consisted of two defense lines:

*First defense line: concrete bunkers along the shore, armed with machine-guns and light guns.
*Second defense line: armed troops 300 meters inland behind barbed wire, some in concrete bunkers.

See also

*Swedish Armed Forces
*Swedish neutrality during World War II
*Scandinavian defense union


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