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Years: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 - 1944 - 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Events
- June 6: D-Day; Allied? invasion of Normandy begins.
- June 9: Stalin launches an offensive against Finland with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin.
- June 17: Iceland declares full independence from Denmark.
- July - Finland beats off the Soviet attack, but loses territory. (End of [Continuation War]?)
- In Sweden, the law of 1864 that criminalizes homosexuality is abolished.
- Swedish childrens books author [Astrid Lindgren]? publishes her first book [Pippi Longstocking]?
- In Sweden, Erik Wallenberg and Ruben Rausing invents a way to package milk in paper and starts the company [Tetra Pak]?.
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