Betraders?? - 2.world war

[Cheri Woods-Edwin]

I was wondering if anybody has any knowledge of some families supporting Germany and Hitler during World War II and consequently considered traitors by other families in Sweden?  This story is going around in my husbands family.  Basically he has been told that his family supported Germany and Hitler and then changed sides when Germany started to lose the War.  Because of their involvment, nobody want's to talk about this family and they have been ostracized?  I would tell you what the name of the family was, but were still trying to narrow that down.  Can anybody help??

[Sven-Ove Brattström]

Hi,
 
Sweden was not occupied by Germany during WW2.
Some people were pro-Germany, but not necessarily nazists. But as a whole I do not think that such a political view would have caused a problem of the kind you mention in your question, just because we never where attacked by Germany.
Maybe your husbands family have their roots in Norway or Denmark ?
 
Regards    Sven-Ove Brattström

[Chris Troy]

Cheri, I was wondering why you used the word Betraders?? in your heading?  As far as my knowledge of Swedish allows me to translate it, this word has no connection with your question.  Did you think it meant something similar to betrayers?  The Swedish word for traitor is Förrädare, traitor to one's country is Landsförrädare.  A more modern word which stems from WWII is Quisling/Qvisling.
 
The only similar words to Betrader I can find in Swedish is Beträder = treads on, and Biträde = assistant.