known abroad with the publication of Mannerheim's Order of the Day of 10 July, the so-called Sword Scabbard Declaration. New demands on transit of an armed division from Trelleborg to Tornio. following weeks of July 1941 Public attitudes in Sweden to Finland's and Germany's demands grew less and less favorable. Troop transit is proposed in Swedish waters along the Swedish coast with Swedish escort. autumn of 1941 Several requests for neutrality-violating exports and transits are rejected during the following autumn. In 1943, as Germany's prospects began to wane, Swedish public opinion turned against the agreement, and pressure from Britain and the USA mounted, the Swedish Cabinet declared on 29 June 1943 that the transits had to stop before October 1943. On 5 August it was officially announced that the transits were to cease. In popular culture Attentatet i Pålsjö skog is a 1996 alternate history novel by Hans Alfredson. In the book a group of Swedish communists blow up a German train passing through Sweden, killing Eva Braun who is on board. Hitler is infuriated and invades Sweden, which surrenders on 12 May 1941. "Konjak & nazister" ("Cognac and Nazis"), a song by Euskefeurat, tells the story of a sabotage on a German train in Abisko where they drill a hole in the bottom of a freight car to get to the large barrel of cognac there. Karl Gerhard performed the revue song "Den ökända hästen från Troja" (The Infamous Trojan Horse) in 1940 and it was later banned. The song used the tune by Isaak Dunajevskij with new words in Swedish by Lille Bror Söderlundh. When the song was performed, a large Dalecarlian horse was brought onto the stage, but instead of legs it had columns. It also had a fifth column that opened and Karl Gerhard stepped out. See also Midsummer crisis Swedish overseas trade during World War II References Further reading Military history of Finland during World War II Continuation War Sweden in World War II Politics of World War II 1940 in Sweden 1940 in Finland Political scandals in Sweden Political scandals in Finland Finland–Germany relations