Today, 13 March, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa has announced that Sweden will increase development assistance to Ukraine by more than SEK 1.4 billion with the aim of strengthening Ukraine’s resilience and recovery.
On 7 March 2024, Sweden became a full member of NATO. NATO is a defence Alliance whose purpose is to safeguard the Allies’ freedom and security.
On 24 February 2025 in Kyiv, the Presidents of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Norway and Sweden issued the following statement:
Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard presented the Government’s 2025 Statement of Foreign Policy in the Riksdag. The Government’s foremost foreign policy priorities are support to Ukraine, security cooperation, and gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The Government is carrying out a paradigm shift with a migration policy that is responsible and sustainable in the long term. This means Sweden is redirecting its focus from being a country for asylum immigration to now being a country for labour immigration. Sweden needs to continue to attract foreign experts, researchers and talents in order to strengthen Swedish competitiveness and Sweden’s status as a research nation.
Published · Statement from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Published · Updated · Article from Lotta Edholm, Ministry of Education and Research
Published · Article from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
