Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all managed to stay out of World War I, but all three countries were deeply affected by it. Opening with a systematically comparative introduction to the history of the Scandinavian countries during that time period, this account then presents 13 case studies examining the impact of the war on these neutral entities. From inflation and the shortage of consumer goods to widespread poverty and political unrest - not to mention the thousands of Scandinavian soldiers who participated in the war - this unique compilation 'analyzes the military and economic consequences as well as the vital political and social issues raised by the conflict.'

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction – Scandinavia in the First World War
• 1. An album of war
  • The visual mediation of the First World War in Danish magazines and daily newspapers
• 2. The secret battlefield
  • Intelligence and counter-intelligence in Scandinavia during the First World War
• 3. Rats and anthills
  • The First World War in the Scandinavian spy novel
• 4. Scandinavian collaboration for peace during the First World War
• 5. Restoring the strident female voice
  • Selma Lagerlöf and the women’s anti-war movement
• 6. Recognizing the Other
  • The Armenian Genocide in Scandinavian literature
• 7. The call of the blood
  • Scandinavia and the First World War as a clash of races
• 8. Money talks
  • Failed cooperation over the gold problem of the Scandinavian Monetary Union during the First World War
• 9. Military history in an age of military change
  • Carl Bennedich, the Swedish General Staff, and the First World War
• 10. Fighting for the Kaiser
  • The Danish minority in the German army, 1914–1918
• 11. The Scandinavian Diggers
  • Foreign-born soldiers in the Australian Imperial Force, 1914–1918
• 12. The horse field ambulance in Tampere in 1918
  • Swedish Red Star women and the Finnish Civil War
• 13. Neutral merchant seamen at war
  • The experiences of Scandinavian seamen during the First World War
• About the authors