The Swedish military preparedness of 1939-1945 claimed many casualties among the conscripts. In the spring of 1945, the media reported that 782 Swedish soldiers died, but statistics from Statistics Sweden show that 1 836 died during the same period. However, this figure does not include all categories in the armed forces and over 2 000 deaths is not unreasonable. Serious accidents such as Armasjärvi in 1940, the Hårsfjärd disaster in 1941, the Wolf in 1943 and Hansa in 1944 are well documented and remembered, but the vast majority of soldiers who died are little documented and today forgotten. Many of them died in drowning and traffic accidents. Others died more dramatically in plane crashes, friendly fire and explosions. A significant number died by suicide and a very large number of deaths were due to diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia. Some died at the hands of foreign powers. After several years of archival research, I have written a manuscript on these deaths, how they were investigated, how lessons were learned to avoid repetition, how relatives were treated and compensated, and how the memory of those who died has been preserved. However, the 2020 pandemic put an end to my studies and I will need to spend further time in the archives to supplement with data from investigations, courts martial and not least the contemporary press. The idea is to publish a book in 2022 that both draws attention to these forgotten victims and can serve as an archival guide for their survivors as well as for further research.