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Largest civilian support package for Ukraine announced
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
