Permittenttrafik terminated 1943

Permittenttrafik terminated: As Germany suffered defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein, Swedish public opinion shifted decisively. On 29 June 1943 the cabinet announced that transit of German leave-soldiers (Permittenttrafik) would cease by October — a major policy reversal after three years of concession.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 1943 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.