Military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II

The following is a list of military operations conducted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland during World War II.

Axis

 * Birke ("Birch") (1944) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War
 * Birkhahn (1945) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German evacuation from Norway.
 * Büffel ("Buffalo") (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway
 * Holzauge ("Wood knot") (1942) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; activities in Greenland
 * Ikarus (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork
 * Juno (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway
 * Lachsfang (1942) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag_of_Finland.svg|20px]] &mdash; Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk
 * Nordlicht [2] ("Aurora Borealis") (1944) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway
 * Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German occupation of Finnish Petsamo
 * Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German operations in the Arctic, including:
 * Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue Fox 1") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland
 * Blaufuchs 2 ("Blue Fox 2") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland
 * Platinfuchs ("Platinum Fox") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo
 * Polarfuchs ("Polar Fox") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland
 * Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German occupation of Petsamo
 * Sizilien (1943) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German raid upon Allied-occupied Spitsbergen (Svalbard)
 * Tanne Ost (1944) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland
 * Tanne West (1944) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; planned German attempt to capture the Åland Islands from Finland
 * Weserübung ("Weser Exercise") (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German invasion of Denmark and Norway
 * Weserübung Nord ("Weser Exercise") (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik
 * Weserübung Sud ("Weser Exercise") (1940) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo
 * Zitronella ("Lemon flavour") (1943) [[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|20px]] &mdash; German raid against a Norwegian/British station on Svalbard

Allies

 * Alphabet (1940) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] evacuation of British troops from Norway
 * Archery (1941) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; British commando raid on Vågsøy, Norway
 * Anklet (1941) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands, Norway
 * Carthage (1945) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; RAF bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark
 * Catherine (1939) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] British plan to gain control of Baltic Sea
 * Claymore (1941) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; British raid on Lofoten Islands, Norway
 * Freshman (1942 [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]]) &mdash; attempted raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork, see Gunnerside
 * Grouse (1942) [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px]] &mdash; Norwegian guide party for Freshman
 * Gunnerside (1943) [[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px]] &mdash; 2nd raid on the Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork
 * Fork (1940) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; Invasion of Iceland by British.
 * Gauntlet (1941) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[Image:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg|20px|]] [[Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg|20px]] &mdash; raid on Spitsbergen
 * Jupiter (1942) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; suggested invasion of Norway
 * Leader (1943) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; American/British Home Fleet raid on German shipping along the coast of Norway in the Bodø area
 * Musketoon (1942) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg|20px]] &mdash; British/ Norwegian destruction of a power station in Norway
 * R 4 (1940) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; Planned British invasion of Norway
 * Source (1943) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg|20px]] &mdash; British response to German operation Sizilien
 * The Sepals/Perianth Operation (1944) &mdash; OSS supported operation in Sweden
 * Wilfred (1940) [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] &mdash; British plan to mine the Norwegian coast

Other

 * Rädda Danmark ("Save Denmark") (1945) [[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|20px]] &mdash; Swedish plan to liberate Denmark before the country was occupied by the Soviet Union (cancelled because of German surrender)
 * Rädda Själland (1945) [[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|20px]] &mdash; Swedish landings on Zealand
 * Rädda Bornholm (1945) [[Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg|20px]] &mdash; Swedish landings on Bornholm