On this day, 20 June 1905, the King of Sweden publicly and formally ended plans to invade the recently independent Norway. The announcement was prompted by the threat of a nationwide general strike by Swedish unions if mobilisation for war went ahead.
Find out more here: https://libcom.org/history/1905-swedish-workers-threaten-general-strike-against-war-norway
Pictured: trams idled during a general strike in Sweden, 1909 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1742864942565315/?type=3