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  • Largest civilian support package for Ukraine announced

    Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed.
    The support will go to humanitarian assistance and to Ukraine’s reconstruction and development. Photo: Frida Drake/Regeringskansliet

    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 11 March 2024, Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
On 11 March 2024, Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Tom Samuelsson/Regeringskansliet

Sweden - one year in Nato

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.

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Joint statement of the leaders of Ukraine and Nordic-Baltic Eight on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine

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:

Ukraine's Ambassador to Sweden and Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs outside the entrence of the Swedish Parliament.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard walked with Ukraine's Ambassador to Sweden, Andrii Plakhotniuk, to the Swedish Parliament for the presentation of the 2025 Statement of Foreign Policy. Photo: Frida Drake/Government Offices of Sweden

Support for Ukraine, security cooperation and Sweden’s neighbourhood in the spotlight in this year’s Statement of Foreign Policy

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.

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Migration and integration

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.

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