page_title: Danish Brigade in Sweden
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Danish Brigade in Sweden / History
caption_attribution_description: English: HDMS Havkatten returns moored in Copenhagen in May 1945 after being in exile in Sweden since 29 August 1943
context_page_description: The Danish Brigade in Sweden or in short, the Danish Brigade was a military unit made up of Danish refugees during World War II. Trained and supplied by Sweden, the brigade was created to help liberate Denmark. Ultimately it was only deployed on the day of the German surrender in the country and was involved in very little fighting.
context_section_description: The Swedish government loaned 25 million kroner to the Danish legation to fund the training and arming of the Brigade. Enrollment was on a voluntary basis. The Danish soldiers from Roskilde formed the nucleus of the new force. Around 750 Jews who had escaped occupied Denmark enlisted. The Danish soldiers were equipped with Swedish Mauser m/96 long rifles and bayonets.
  In the fall of 1944 the Swedish Air Force oversaw the training of Danish pilots at Såtenäs, who were subsequently organized into a squadron equipped with Saab 17 bomber-reconnaissance aircraft.
caption: HDMS Havkatten of the Danish Flotilla in Copenhagen, May 1945
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