Ministry of Climate and Enterprise

New nuclear power is a long-term undertaking for society. It requires investments from both the private sector and the state. In the Spring Amending Budget for 2026, the Government proposes state majority ownership of Videberg Kraft AB and that the state assumes a role in the financing of the future system for radioactive waste management and spent nuclear fuel by reducing risk for those who make the initial investments. Those who produce the waste should also continue to be responsible for their share of the costs.

At the summit held between Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 May, the countries announced deeper cooperation aimed at reducing industrial emissions. Sweden and India are to develop a new work programme for the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) initiative for 2027–2030.

The Government has presented its publication ‘A concerted approach to intellectual property’. This is part of the Government’s effort to strengthen Sweden’s innovative capacity and competitiveness and to promote and secure a rich cultural offering, both nationally and globally.

The Government’s overarching objective for intellectual property (IP) is to strengthen Sweden’s innovative capacity and competitiveness and to promote and secure a rich cultural offering, both nationally and globally. Strategic management and protection of IP assets using IP law is particularly important at a time when the global race for strategic technology gains is playing out against a backdrop of geopolitical turbulence.

The Government is now moving forward with an assignment for Svenska kraftnät, Sweden’s power grid authority, that allows for a planned renewal and upgrade of an electricity cable connection to Denmark to be put on hold. At the EU’s meeting of Energy Ministers in March, Swedish Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch announced that Sweden would halt new or upgraded electricity cable connections to continental Europe unless there was a shift in the focus of the legislation being negotiated in the European Commission’s European Grids Package.

Sweden participates in around 100 international climate initiatives and, together with India, co-leads the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT). Since autumn 2025, Sweden has also served as Chair of the Global Carbon Pricing Challenge (GCPC).

The Government aims to reduce the spread of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in order to protect the environment and human health. A national action plan to reduce the spread of PFAS into waterways and in nature will be drafted in the coming months.

Statement by Sweden’s Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch, 10 april, Stockholm.

To reach net zero emissions by 2045, Sweden must electrify its transport sector. In the Spring Amending Budget, the Government and the Sweden Democrats intend to allocate more funding to expand the electric vehicle premium and to increase government agencies’ purchasing of fossil-free alternatives.

Statement by Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch at the Energy Council meeting in Brussels on 16 March 2026.

Minister for Employment Johan Britz will assume responsibility for climate and environment issues in the Government while Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari is on parental leave. Meanwhile, he will retain his regular responsibility for labour market policy.

On 18–20 February, Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch will be in New Delhi to take part in the AI Impact Summit. The Summit gathers leaders from more than 30 countries and aims to promote international cooperation in the area of AI.

Today, the Government presented a new SEK 1 billion support package for Ukraine’s energy sector, which has been subjected to intensive Russian strikes this winter. The support will help to meet the country’s urgent energy needs and bolster long-term energy supplies.

This strategy has a ten-year perspective to enable various actors to work long term on issues that can help realise the vision: “A society in which access to treatment with antimicrobials is maintained through cross-sectoral and sector-specific initiatives to prevent infection and limit the development, spread and consequences of resistant microorganisms.”

On 11–13 January, the Swedish Government took part in the Society and Defence Annual Conference in Sälen. 2026 marks 80 years since the first conference was held, and the theme for 2026 was ‘Resolve and delivery’. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson opened the conference with a speech and Gunnar Strömmer, Minister for Justice, Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pål Jonson, Minister for Defence and Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence, also spoke. The Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, Ebba Busch, also attended the conference.

On 8–10 December, 200 experts on nuclear power gathered in Stockholm for a workshop on small modular reactors (SMRs) organised by the Swedish Government and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). State Secretaries Maja Lundbäck and Daniel Westlén opened proceedings.

For over a century, Sweden and the Nordic-Baltic countries have built energy systems that powered prosperity, independence, and competitiveness. Now, the region aims to build new nuclear power to secure electricity for families, for industry, and to strengthen competitiveness and security.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil concluded after overrunning into 22 November. Negotiations were characterised by disagreements between various countries, and did not result in the push to implement countries’ domestic climate plans that Sweden and the EU would have wanted.

The Government is presenting a new civilian support package to Ukraine worth more than SEK 1.1 billion to meet Ukraine’s most pressing reconstruction needs and to strengthen resilience. The support will be used to address urgent requirements before and during this winter, and to strengthen Ukraine for future winters.