Talk:List of peacekeeping missions involving Sweden

Original research

This very strange list has issues (apart from being unsourced). A list like this would need clear inclusion criteria, since it is far from obvious that the entries represent peacekeeping missions. For one thing, peacekeeping missions do not have 'allies' and 'opposition'. Neither do they in general end up with 'Victory' or 'Defeat' (but perhaps in 'Success' or 'Failure'). A couple of examples:

• In the article about the First Schleswig War, Sweden-Norway is mentioned as supporting power of Denmark, and the text states that they landed troops 'to assist the Danes'. That is not peacekeeping.
• It has already been established that the Swedish volunteers in Persia were not sent by the Swedish government, but were volunteers. Their object was not to keep peace, but to assist the Persian army.
• The Invasion of Åland and 'kicking out the Soviets' does definitely not look like peacekeeping.
• The role of UN in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) is also a bit difficult to see as a peacekeeping mission.

Inclusion in this article list seems to be based on POV and original research. In short, it really needs some inclusion criteria (and probably a total restructuring) if it ever shall be useful. T*U (talk) 13:38, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

• The Swedes were stationed between the danish and prussian forces in flensburg to prenvent either side from attacking the other.
• Here is a link to a source stating that the Swedes in persia were there as apart of a peacekeeping mission. [1], and the government had much aouthority over them.
• Here is a source which states that the Invasion of Åland was supposed to be a peace keeping mission. [2]
• I thought that the Afghanistan war was counted as a peacekeeping mission, though im probably in the wrong.

But im open for discussion! Please tell me how you'd want it to change. Dencoolast33 (talk) 17:18, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

The Swedish version of this page (Svenska utlandsstyrkan) lists the Volunteers in Persia as well as the afghanistan war as peacekeeping missions.

(Not saying this to invalidate your points, ill still here you out)

Can someone add swedish as a language on this article, i do not know how to do it my self. Dencoolast33 (talk) 07:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

What's the Swedish article name? I can add it Gvssy (talk) 08:19, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Svenska utlandsstyrkan Dencoolast33 (talk) 12:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Though, the Swedish versions looks very diffrent from the english one Dencoolast33 (talk) 12:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

I started to link the article to sv:Svenska utlandsstyrkan, but after reading the Swedish article, I decided that they do not belong together. The Swedish article is about the formal military organisation that existed from the 1960s till it was dissolved in 2011, while this list article has a completely different scope. (You might perhaps consider translating the Swedish article to English?) I will be back soon with an answer to your sources, comments and claims. --T*U (talk) 12:20, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, but i think ill keep this article in the same vain as the canadian one, so no need to translate. Dencoolast33 (talk) 12:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

• id like to

Dencoolast33 (talk) 12:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Re the sources and your comments/claims:

• The Swedes were stationed between the danish and prussian forces in flensburg to prenvent either side from attacking the other. If so, this will have to be sourced. In the infobox in the article First Schleswig War, Sweden-Norway is listed as supporting Denmark. The infobox of Swedish article list Swedish-Norwegian volunteers as supporting Denmark. The Swedish article sv:Svenska utlandsstyrkan says that I mitten av 1800-talet skickade Sverige fyra fregatter samt nästan 20 000 soldater för att hjälpa Danmark under Slesvig-holsteinska kriget. Is that peacekeeping? You will need reliable sources to calls this a peackeeping operation.
• a source stating that the Swedes in persia were there as apart of a peacekeeping mission That "source" is a student paper and can hardly be regarded as a reliable source. Also, I cannot find any passage stating that it was a peacekeeping mission. Anyway, better source needed.
• a source which states that the Invasion of Åland was supposed to be a peace keeping mission For one thing, 'hjälpexpedition' is not necessarily the same as peacekeeping, and the passage det som från svensk sida först var menat som en ren hjälpexpedition på kort tid övergick till att bli en politisk expedition, avsedd att åstadkomma Ålands återförening med Sverige makes it clear that it in reality was far from peacekeeping. The entry of the 'Result' column: The Swedes were able to kick the Soviets out of Åland says it all.

Anyway, since you mention the Canadian article List of Canadian peacekeeping missions, that is a brilliant example of how this article could/should strive to be: No 'Allies' column, no 'Opposition' column, no 'Result' column. That was what I meant by "a total restructuring". Good luck! --T*U (talk) 13:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for your feedback. If you want a source about the swedes stationed in flensburg, you shuold check out the swedish article named 'Hjälpkåren till Danmark', which also obviosly includes sources. I am fine with removing the Invasion of Åland, but i think the Swedish volunteers in Persia should stay, because the 'Utlandsstyrkan' article also describes it as a peacekeeping mission (or insats). As well as the writer of the populär historia article and the släkthistoria article.

Ill have your suggestions about striving to be more like the canadian article whilst editing in the future.

Thank you! Dencoolast33 (talk) 13:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Just a small comment about the Swedes in Flensburg. It seems that you will have to distinguish between the mission of the troops that were sent in 1848 and later withdrawn (Kårens uppgift var att ge stöd åt danska armén i kriget mot tyskarna) and the occupational force of 1849–50 (en gemensam svensk-norsk armé på 3 800 man, vilken skulle agera som en buffert mellan de stridande parterna). The first was clearly not a peacekeeping mission, while the second could be constructed as one. --T*U (talk) 15:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, ill fix that now Dencoolast33 (talk) 15:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)