""Vår beredskap är god" (Our [state of] readiness is good), said by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson on the 27th of August 1939 on national Swedish radio about the readiness state of the Swedish armed forces. In hindsight, Sweden could not have defended itself against a German invasion, partly because Hansson had led a major disarmament campaign since the 1920s. Nowadays, it is used as a derogatory term describing a statement which is obviously false but intended to keep people calmed down."
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