Winter War
During the Finnish-Soviet Winter War, Walden was recalled to active service. From 3 December, 1939 to 27 March, 1940, he was a member of the war cabinet. On 27 March, 1940 he became minister of defence and continued in this role till 27 November, 1944. Walden was able to maintain important diplomatic relationships with Sweden and the United States. Walden represented Sweden at the Treaty of Tartu of 1920, the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940), and the Armistice treaty of Moscow (1944).
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