Ten days of Karlskrona in the world press

RÚV

Factuality

Ownership

Karlskrona in Sweden was the focus of the world press for ten days in October 1981. At that time, a Soviet submarine, which is almost certainly believed to have carried nuclear weapons, had run aground in the skerries. This is referred to as the time when war almost broke out between Sweden and the Soviet Union. The reason why these events are discussed in Heimskviðar is that a Swedish television series was recently released that discusses the m…