You could have an event like Sir John Hackett's WWIII book where the Swedes intercept a Soviet attempt to land paratroops in Norway (they shot down a bunch of fighters and transports but paid the price doing so) and the Soviets, instead of taking the Swedes line about "protecting themselves against a massive intrusion in their air space" to heart, decide that the fastest way to get to Central and Southern Norway is by land - and invade
in the book the Soviet Union tries to buy Swedish neutrality with a mixture of rhetoric and veiled threats, but tensions rise as the Soviet Air Force repeatedly invades Swedish airspace to attack Norway. The Soviets believed that because Sweden had not been in a war since the 19th century, the Swedes would not retaliate, but this assumption is quickly proven false. A fierce air battle occurs when the Swedish Air Force attacks a Soviet bomber formation, and the Swedes take heavy losses before the Soviets are forced to turn back. The Swedes fully mobilize for war and contact Norway to begin cooperating on aerial defence, making Sweden a de facto co-belligerent beside NATO.
In the book the war only lasts a few days - obviously not the case with the Twilight War
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