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| 1934 |
| | | Swedish tenor Jussi Björling makes his debut in Stockholm, in Puccini's Manon Lescaut | |
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| 1935 |
| | | The Viipury Library in Finland makes the reputation of a young Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Danish author Karen Blixen publishes her autobiographical novel Out of Africa | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Finnish designer Alvar Aalto develops a bent plywood three-legged stool, specifically designed for stacking | |
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| 1939 September 19 |
| | | Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark jointly declare their neutrality | |
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| 1939 December 6-22 |
| | | The Finns win spectacular victories in counter-attacks against the Russian invaders, destroying four Soviet divisions | |
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| 1940 February 16 |
| | | 303 captured merchant seamen are rescued in a daring British raid on the German supply ship Altmark, in use as a floating prison in a Norwegian fjord | |
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| 1940 April 9 |
| | | German ships and marines occupy the harbours of neutral Denmark and Norway | |
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| 1940 April 9 |
| | | The German invasion of Norway includes the world's first airborne assault, with troops arriving by plane to attack the airports of Oslo and Stavanger | |
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| 1940 April 10 |
| | | Allied ships on patrol in the North Sea, soon followed by troops, rush to the defence of Norway | |
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