The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there were similarities and differences in the press coverage of the Swedish neutrality policy during the Second World War. Another aspect that is being investigated is whether the press coverage has been significant for the government’s way of acting during the ongoing conflicts that unfolded in the Nordic region. The source material for the investigation derives from various texts in editorial pages, news articles, and front pages from five active newspapers during the period 1939-1941. The text analysis has its origin in Dearing & Rogers’ theory of agenda-setting policy. The analysis of the editorial publications shows that there were clear similarities and differences in how the Swedish press expressed their opinions about the conflicts that prevailed in the Nordic region and mostly it has to do with the political colors of the newspapers. The empirical result shows that the Swedish government paid attention to the opinions of the newspapers, and this may have led to the government’s repressive measures against the Swedish press. Through the changes in the Freedom of the Press Ordinance, the press was restricted from speaking about foreign powers.