Ulf Kristersson

Today, 1 July 2025, marks the 25th anniversary of the Öresund Bridge. Sweden and Denmark are close to each other in terms of culture, values and common objectives – and their cooperation has never been closer than it is now. To mark the anniversary, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen adopted a declaration with the objective of making the Öresund region safer and more competitive and simplifying living and working across the border.

On 24–25 June, the NATO Summit took place in The Hague. Sweden was represented by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and Minister for Defence Pål Jonson. The focus of the Summit was the serious security situation and the need for increased investment in deterrence and defence.

Today, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson presented changes in the Government. Two new ministers have been appointed, and two ministers have been given revised areas of responsibility.

Minister for Employment and Integration Mats Persson will leave his post.

To increase the war organisation’s operational capability, the Government has decided to procure air defence materiel for five air defence companies of the Army’s brigades and Battlegroup Gotland.

On Friday 13 June Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for bilateral talks at Rosenbad. During the official visit, Sweden and Vietnam entered into a bilateral sectorial strategic partnership aimed at advancing cooperation in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

On Thursday 12 June, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for a bilateral meeting in Stockholm.

On Friday 13 June, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte for a bilateral meeting in Stockholm.

On Friday 13 June, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will receive NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte for a bilateral meeting. A joint press conference will be held at Rosenbad after the meeting.

The head of the Swedish Security Service has decided to lower the terrorist threat level from level 4 (‘high’) to level 3 (‘elevated’) on a five-level scale. The decision is based on a comprehensive assessment.

Opinion piece by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch and Minister for Education Johan Pehrson, Svenska Dagbladet, 23 May 2025.

Debate article by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and EU Minister Jessica Rosencrantz in Dagens Industri, 8 May 2025. Originally in Swedish.

On Tuesday 6 May, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson received Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir for bilateral talks at Rosenbad. The meeting took place in connection with Ms Tómasdóttir’s three-day State Visit at the invitation of HM The King.

On Tuesday 6 May, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will receive Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir for a bilateral meeting at Rosenbad. A joint press conference will be held after the meeting. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the President’s State Visit at the invitation of His Majesty the King.

Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir is paying a State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty the King. The President is accompanied by her spouse Björn Skúlason, Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir and Minister for Health Alma Möller, together with a delegation from the business sector.

On Tuesday 22 April, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hosted a bilateral meeting with Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas at Sager House. The meeting was followed by a joint press conference at Rosenbad.

On Tuesday 22 April, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will host a bilateral meeting with Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. A joint press conference will be held in conjunction with the meeting.

Speech by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at high-level event on EU capital markets in Stockholm, 3 April 2025. Check against delivery.

Statement by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in response to US tariffs, Wednesday 2 April 2025.

US President Donald Trump has announced that a new package of American tariffs will include Sweden and every other country in the EU. The new tariffs were presented on 2 April and will take effect immediately.