List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II

Axis

• Birke — German plan to withdraw from northern Finland prior to the Lapland War
• Birkhahn — German evacuation from Norway.
• Büffel — German operation to relieve troops in Narvik, Norway
• Hokki — Finnish plan to destroy railroad tracks to deny the Soviets their supplies.
• Holzauge — activities in Greenland
• Ikarus — planned German invasion of Iceland in response to British Operation Fork
• Juno — German naval operation to disturb allied supplies to Norway
• Kilpapurjehdus — Finnish naval operation for the militarization of the Åland islands.
• Lachsfang — Proposed combined German and Finnish attack against Kandalaksha and Belomorsk
• Nordlicht 2 — German withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway
• Silberfuchs — German and Finnish operations in the Arctic, including:
• * Blaufuchs 1 — Staging of German forces from Germany to northern Finland
• * Blaufuchs 2 — Staging of German forces from Norway to northern Finland
• * Platinfuchs — Joint German-Finnish attack towards Murmansk from Finnish Petsamo
• * Polarfuchs — Joint German-Finnish attack towards Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland
• * Renntier — German occupation of Petsamo
• Safari — German operation to capture and disarm Danish forces
• Sizilien — German raid upon Allied-occupied Spitzbergen
• Tanne Ost — failed German attempt to capture Suursaari from Finland
• Tanne West — planned German attempt to capture the Åland Islands from Finland
• Weserübung — German invasion of Denmark and Norway
• * Weserübung Nord — German invasion of Trondheim and Narvik
• * Weserübung Sud — German invasion of Bergen, Kristiansand and Oslo
• Zitronella — alternate name for Operation Sizilien

  Allies

• Alphabet — evacuation of British troops from Norway
• Apostle — SAS operation to enforce German surrender in Norway
• Archery — British commando raid on Vågsøy, Norway
• Anklet — raid on German positions on Lofoten Islands, Norway
• Brandy — MTB and commando raid on Florø, Norway
• Carthage — RAF bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Cartoon — commando raid on the island of Stord near Leirvik, Norway
• Catherine British plan to gain control of Baltic Sea
• Claymore — British raid on Lofoten Islands, Norway
• Crackers — British raid at Sognefjord, Norway
• Doomsday — alternative name for Apostle
• Freshman — attempted raid on a Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork, see Gunnerside
• * Grouse — Norwegian guide party for Freshman
• Gunnerside — 2nd raid on the Norwegian heavy water plant at Vemork
• Fork — Invasion of Iceland by British.
• Gauntlet — raid on Spitzbergen
• Jupiter — suggested invasion of Norway
• Kitbag — aborted commando raid on town of Florø in Norway
• Leader — American/British Home Fleet raid on German shipping along the coast of Norway in the Bodø area
• Musketoon — British/ Norwegian destruction of a power station in Norway
• R 4 — Planned British invasion of Norway
• Source — British response to German operation Sizilien
• The Sepals/Perianth Operation — OSS supported operation in Sweden
• Sunshine — Combined British/Norwegian operation to protect essential power installations against possible German scorched earth tactics towards the end of the war
• Valentine — British occupation of the Faroe Islands
• Wilfred — British plan to mine the Norwegian coast

  Other

• Rädda Danmark — Swedish plan to liberate Denmark before the German surrender
• * Rädda Själland — Swedish landings on Zealand
• * Rädda Bornholm — Swedish landings on Bornholm