Skåne Line

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The Skåne Line (Swedish: Skånelinjen), popularly known as the Per Albin Line (Swedish: 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.

[edit] See also

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