Niclas Rolander og Ott Ummelas (3. april 2022). «Sweden Revives Cold-War Military Forces to Help Shield the Baltic From Putin’s Russia». bloomberg.com. Besøkt 3. april 2022. «Security experts have noted that the Swedish island would be a linchpin in any Russian incursion into the Baltic states. Lieutenant General Michael Claesson, the chief of the Swedish military’s joint operations, said control over Gotland gives a nation effective control over the Baltic.»