Quote Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV View Post
I have no idea how Sweden ended up on that list, but it's kind of fun given the history.
Not that surprising, really. After a long period of being a very minor power for most of the period of British expansion, they picked the right side in the Napoleonic Wars (strange given Bernadotte's loyalties as a French Marshal prior to being given the throne) and they didn't have enough useful resources to really form a tempting target for the British. Combine that with neutrality for most of the 20th century and it makes sense that the British just never saw a purpose in it.