Originally Posted by
vikingivesterled
Sweden did let german troops pass through the country on occasions and never stopped shipping iron ore to Germany. But it also was a place of refuge and not all interment for norwegians, some of whom could travel onwards to England.
and
AFAIK they also sold all their ball bearings to Britain
One story I read about the Norwegian resistance was of a Norwegian agent was sent back to Norway with an attaché case full of money for the resistance fighters. He was on a train with a shifty looking character sitting opposite him when the train stopped and German soldiers got on board only to started checking papers. He knew the game would be up if they came to his compartment and searched his luggage, but didn't know what to do because the man sitting opposite him might be a collaborator. Finally as the train passed over a bridge he knew he had no choice, so stood up, opened the window and threw the case out where it sailed down to the river far below him. he then sat back down again looking directly at the other man who then stood up, took his own briefcase off the luggage rack and threw that out of the window as well!