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  • Government taking part in 2025 Session of the Nordic Council in Stockholm

    Photo: Melker Dahlstrand/Swedish riksdag

    ‘The Nordics together – Nordic value and cohesion in troubled times’ will be the focus of discussions when the annual Session of the Nordic Council takes place in Sweden’s Riksdag on 27–30 October. Several ministers will represent the Government.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard. Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices

Statement regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla

Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla, Tuesday 7 October 2025.

Minister for Finance in a purple suit, holding the budget bill in her hand. She is standing in front of the Government Offices’ backdrop.
Minister for Finance Elisabeth Svantesson. Photo: Magnus Liljegren/Regeringskansliet

The Budget for 2026 in five minutes

The strength of Sweden’s public finances is now being drawn upon to put more money in the pockets of hard-working people. This can inspire belief in the future and bring the economic downturn to an end. With the Government’s reforms, a family with two children will have an additional SEK 1 800 per month. The Budget includes reforms totalling almost SEK 80 billion, and is based on an agreement between the Government and the Sweden Democrats.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson welcomed HM King Abdullah II for talks over lunch at Sager House.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson welcomed HM King Abdullah II for talks over lunch at Sager House. Photo: Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden

Prime Minister receives HM King Abdullah II of Jordan

On Tuesday 7 October, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received HM King Abdullah II of Jordan for a working lunch in Stockholm. Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi and Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard also took part in the meeting.

Photo: Government Offices of Sweden

New package for stronger civil defence

Security in Sweden’s neighbourhood has deteriorated dramatically in recent years. The Government is therefore carrying out the most sweeping modernisation of Sweden’s total defence since the end of the Cold War. In the Budget Bill for 2026, the Tidö Parties propose a new package for stronger civil defence.

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