The Husqvarna m/40 pistol is the Swedish version of the Finnish L-35 pistol which served the Finnish military from 1935 through the Winter War and beyond. The Swedish military bought the licensing in 1939/40 and renamed the L-35 the m/40, with Husqvarna producing the pistol under a government contract. Its design is both robust and reliable, designed to work reliably in Arctic conditions that rendered other automatic pistol designs inoperable.