 The political unity among the democratic parties on the neutrality politics where total which made it possible for Sweden to rearm the military.In the 1970th and 1980th Sweden's military expenditure per capita was the highest in the world.Because of the neutrality politics most of the military equipment was produced and developed in Sweden by companies such as SAAB, Kockums, Bofors and Hägglunds (today BAE Systems AB).