ABSTRACT

Sweden was one of the very few Western countries officially to recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR in 1940 as lawful. While this naturally had a detrimental effect on the reputation of Sweden in Baltic liberation activist circles during the end stage of the Cold War, it also meant that Swedish diplomats did not have their hands tied to the same extent as those states that had not recognized the annexations. The first permanent Swedish ‘department office’ was already established in Tallinn in December 1989, and Swedish diplomats such as Lars Fredén and Dag Sebastian Ahlander could experience the rise of the Baltic liberation movement first-hand and at an early stage. This article focuses on Swedish diplomatic reporting from the emerging Baltic states and Russia in 1989–1991 as a source of the pro-Baltic policy shift in Swedish foreign policy, which challenged the dominant policy discourse in Sweden that prioritized appeasement of the USSR/Russia.

摘要

瑞典是少数几个正式承认 1940 年波罗的海国家并入苏联合法的西方国家之一。虽然这自然对冷战末期瑞典在波罗的海解放活动人士圈子中的声誉产生了不利影响，但这也意味着瑞典外交官没有像那些不承认这一点的国家那样受到束缚。兼并。1989 年 12 月，瑞典第一个永久性“部门办公室”已经在塔林成立，拉尔斯·弗雷登和达格·塞巴斯蒂安·阿兰德等瑞典外交官可以在早期亲身体验波罗的海解放运动的兴起。