Sweden’s small yet forward-looking aircraft industry became a world leader in the late 1940s, with the creation of the pugnacious but advanced J 29 fighter. Malcolm V Lowe describes this important jet-powered warplane
Sweden remained neutral during World War Two, but there was a growing belief that the country’s military needed to significantly upgrade its increasingly outdated equipment as the war in Europe came to an end.In particular, the advent of jet-driven combat aircraft had left Sweden’s air force, the Svenska Flygvapnet (usually abbreviated to Flygvapnet), at a potentially considerable disadvantage. Short-term improvement of its frontline capability came, in part, mainly with the supply of weaponry from the victorious Allies.