Swedishness in the Gulf of Riga - 3 of 4

The several shared tragedies are also well-documented.

First was the forced choice between two "evils", when, after the first World War, the community was given the choice of belonging to either of two equally foreign powers.

Then during the second World War a mass emigration - forced in practice, even if on paper it was peaceable and the result of civilised agreement.