Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do.

Summary

Sweden’s burial associations are seeking land to prepare for potential mass wartime burials, prompting new crisis readiness guidelines following the country’s decision to join NATO amid rising tensions with Russia.

In Gothenburg, officials aim to acquire 10 acres for emergency burials and 15 acres for regular cemetery use.

Sweden’s neutrality ended after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, prompting civil defense measures and NATO membership.

  • Lord WiggleEnglish
    2•4 days ago

    Nope, second to last! Zwitserland is the last one!

    Edit: and I just learned Switzerland officially doesn’t have a capital city :)

    And I found out about more awesome stuff about Switzerland here

    Edit edit: oh and the Z on the Russian vehicles is because it’s a letter which doesn’t exist in the Cyrillic alphabet, as well as all the other letters or signs painted on military vehicles during the invasion of Ukraine. It represented the area where the vehicle came from, to prevent blue on blue engagement. The largest group of the invasion was marked with a Z so it became a national symbol in support of the war.

    Or from our perspective: the new swastika.