Iron ore exports peak 1942

Iron ore exports peak: Sweden supplied roughly ten million tons of iron ore to Germany in 1942 — the war’s most strategically significant Swedish concession. Allied diplomatic pressure to halt shipments intensified but the government held firm, citing the need to avoid invasion.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 1942 under Per Albin Hansson as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.