Editing Foreign relations of Sweden (section)

==Europe==
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|{{flag|Albania }}||20 June 1969||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 June 1969.<ref name="punetejashtme.gov.al"/>
* Albania has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Tirana]].
* Both countries are members of [[NATO]]. 
* Albania is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|candidate]] and Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]].
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|{{flag|Austria }}||<!--start date -->||

* Austria has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Vienna]].
*There are 7,000 Austrians living in Sweden.
*There are 2,000 Swedes living in Austria. 
* Both countries became members of the [[European Union]] on 1 January 1995.
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|{{flag|Belarus }}||14 January 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 January 1992.<ref name="bel1"/>
There are 3,000 Belarusian living in Sweden and above 1,000 Swedes living in Belarus.
* Belarus has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Minsk]].
* Both countries are full members of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].
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|{{flag|Belgium }}||23 February 1837
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 February 1837 when has been accredited Chargé d'Affaires of Belgium to Sweden baron T. Vander Straten Ponthoz.<ref name="Librairie polytechnique"/>
There is an ethnic group of Walloons living in Sweden making up the 8,000 Belgians living in Sweden and 5,000 Swedes living in Belgium.
* Belgium has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden has an ambassador accredited to Belgium based in Stockholm. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|15 December 1992
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 December 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avtal med Bosnien-Hercegovina om upprättande av diplomatiska förbindelser, Stockholm den 15 December 1992 |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/534dbdaccb704b7db70571dfde266512/avtal-med-bosnien-hercegovina-om-upprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-stockholm-den-15-december-1992.pdf |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=regeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Bulgaria}}||<!--start date -->July 6, 1914
|There are approximately 3,000 Swedes living in Bulgaria and 
* Bulgaria has embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an ambassador accredited to Bulgaria based in Stockholm.
* Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] and of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Croatia}}||29 January 1992||See [[Croatia–Sweden relations]]. 
* Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 January 1992.<ref name="croa1"/>
* Croatia has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Zagreb]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Croatia joined on 1 July 2013. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Cyprus }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Cyprus–Sweden relations]].

* Cyprus has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Nicosia]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Cyprus joined on 1 May 2004.
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|{{flag|Czech Republic }}||1 January 1993||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avtal med Tjeckiska republiken om upprättande av diplomatiska förbindelser. Prag den 18 December 1992 och den 1 januari 1993 |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/8ed482668a894b1dac809bf83a646ca5/avtal-med-tjeckiska-republiken-om-upprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser/ |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=egeringen.se |language=sv}}</ref>
* Czech Republic has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Prague|has an embassy]] in [[Prague]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Denmark }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Denmark–Sweden relations]].

Today, both countries are separated by the [[Øresund]], which links the [[Baltic Sea]] and the [[North Sea]]. Both countries are full members of the [[Council of the Baltic Sea States]], of the [[Council of Europe]], and of the [[European Union]]. There are around 21,000 [[Swedes]] living in Denmark and there are around 42,000 [[Danes]] living in Sweden.

* Denmark has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Copenhagen|has an embassy]] in [[Copenhagen]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Estonia }}||28 August 1991||See [[Estonia–Sweden relations]].
Estonia was under Swedish rule between 1561 and 1721

Sweden recognized Estonia on 4 February 1921.<ref name="DN (1921-02-05), p. 13">{{cite news |url=https://static.bonniernews.se/gcs/arkivet/1921/02/bib13991099_19210205_0_34_262021/bib13991099_19210205_0_34_0006-5306x6670.jpeg |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |title=Namn och nytt... |trans-title=Name and new... |page=13 |date=1921-02-05 |access-date=12 February 2025 |language=sv |quote=Regeringen har i gårdagens konselj erkänt republikerna Estland och Lettland såsom självständiga och oberoende stater. |trans-quote=At yesterday's council, the government recognized the republics of Estonia and Latvia as independent and sovereign states.}}</ref>

Sweden resumed diplomatic relations with Estonia on 28 August 1991.<ref name="est1">{{cite book |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/9b37ae5d5e7a4d388f139718a77f79a7/avtal-med-estland-om-aterupprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-stockholm-den-28-augusti-1991.pdf |title=Sveriges internationella överenskommelser: SÖ 1991:34 |year=1991 |publisher=Utrikesdepartementet |location=Stockholm |language=sv |issn=0284-1967 |id={{LIBRIS|4110996}} |page=1}}</ref>

* Estonia has an embassy in [[Stockholm]]. 
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Tallinn]]. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Finland }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Finland–Sweden relations]].

Finnish–Swedish relations have a long history (Sweden and Finland were the same country for several hundred years), due to the close relationship between Finland and Sweden. Particularly in Finland, the issue emerges in frequent exposés of [[History of Finland|Finnish history]], and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news broadcasts in English or other foreign languages. In Sweden, this relationship is a recurrent important theme of 20th-century history, although maybe by most Swedes considered to be an issue of purely historical relevance now that both countries have been members of the [[European Union]] since 1995.

* Finland has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Helsinki|has an embassy]] in [[Helsinki]] and a consulate-general in [[Mariehamn]]. 
* Both countries became members of the [[European Union]] on 1 January 1995. 
* Both countries applied for [[NATO]] membership on 18 May 2022. Finland became a member on 4 April 2023, while Sweden became a member on 7 March 2024.
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|France }}||<!--start date -->||See [[France–Sweden relations]].

* France has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Paris|has an embassy]] in [[Paris]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Germany }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Germany–Sweden relations]].

* Germany has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Berlin|has an embassy]] in [[Berlin]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Greece}}||24 January 1833||See [[Greece–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 January 1833 when Carl Peter von Heidenstam (until then Consul General) was appointed as Chargé d'Affaires of the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway in Greece.<ref name="200years.mfa.gr"/>

* Greece has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Athens|has an embassy]] in [[Athens]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Hungary }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Hungary–Sweden relations]].

Diplomacy relations between the two countries started on December 28, 1945.

* Hungary has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Budapest]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Hungary joined on 1 May 2004. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Iceland }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Iceland–Sweden relations]].

* Iceland has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Reykjavík]]. 
* Both countries are members of [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Ireland }}||18 July 1946||See [[Ireland–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 July 1946.<ref name="ire1"/>
Ireland has an embassy in Stockholm.

* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Dublin|has an embassy]] in [[Dublin]].
* Both countries are full members of [[Council of Europe]] and of the [[European Union]].
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|{{flag|Italy }}||23 December 1859||See [[Italy–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 December 1859 when the first interim Chargé d'Affaires, Giov. Antonio Migliorati, was appointed.<ref name="books.google.com"/>

* Italy has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Rome|has an embassy]] in [[Rome]]. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Kosovo }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Kosovo–Sweden relations]].

Sweden [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognized]] Kosovo on March 4, 2008.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/10358/a/99714|title=Sweden recognises the Republic of Kosovo|publisher=Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs|date=March 4, 2008|access-date=2008-03-04}}</ref> Liaison Office of Sweden in [[Pristina]], subordinated to the embassy in [[Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]].<ref>[http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____72163.aspx Liaison Office of Sweden in Pristina], Ministry for Foreign Affairs.</ref> On March 8, 2008, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs [[Carl Bildt]] became the first foreign minister to officially visit Kosovo since it declared its independence.<ref>[http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/10358/a/100096 Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt to visit Kosovo and Macedonia], Ministry for Foreign Affairs, March 6, 2008.</ref> Sweden currently has 243 troops serving in Kosovo as peacekeepers in the [[NATO]] led [[Kosovo Force]].<ref>[http://www.nato.int/kfor/structur/nations/placemap/kfor_placemat.pdf "Kosovo Force (KFOR)"] nato.int Link accessed 21-07-09.</ref>

* Kosovo has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Pristina]].
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|{{flag|Latvia }}||28 August 1991||See [[Latvia–Sweden relations]].
Sweden recognized Latvia on 4 February 1921.<ref name="DN (1921-02-05), p. 13"/>

Sweden resumed diplomatic relations with Latvia on 28 August 1991.<ref name="lat1">{{cite book |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/41afab8ce4f94d9ca8cd46138b8b3175/avtal-med-lettland-om-aterupprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-stockholm-den-28-augusti-1991.pdf |title=Sveriges internationella överenskommelser: SÖ 1991:35 |year=1991 |publisher=Utrikesdepartementet |location=Stockholm |language=sv |issn=0284-1967 |id={{LIBRIS|4110996}} |page=1}}</ref>
* Latvia has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Riga]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Latvia joined on 1 May 2004. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Lithuania}}||28 August 1991||See [[Lithuania–Sweden relations]].
Sweden resumed diplomatic relations with Lithuania on 28 August 1991.<ref name="lith1">{{cite book |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/8b63ae684bb2471cb932e3fd8b746cec/avtal-med-litauen-om-aterupprattande-av-diplomatiska-forbindelser-stockholm-den-28-augusti-1991.pdf |title=Sveriges internationella överenskommelser: SÖ 1991:36 |year=1991 |publisher=Utrikesdepartementet |location=Stockholm |language=sv |issn=0284-1967 |id={{LIBRIS|4110996}} |page=1}}</ref>

* Lithuania has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Vilnius]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Lithuania joined on 1 May 2004.
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Moldova }}||12 June 1992||See [[Moldova–Sweden relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 June 1992.<ref name="mol1"/>

Sweden is one of Moldova's top donors. From 1996, Sweden provided Moldova with technical assistance worth 30 million dollars, which significantly helped strengthen sectors such as: protection of human rights, democracy, [[good governance]], [[public health]], education, agriculture, energy, infrastructure, transport and the private sector. Much of the aid is delivered through the [[Swedish International Development Agency]].<ref name="mold"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=77702 |title=Moldpres |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318073511/https://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=77702 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, the Swedish Government established the 2007–2010 strategy of cooperation with Moldova, which sees 11 million euros in financial assistance annually for three important sectors: good governance, strengthening of com petitiveness in the rural area and reduction of vulnerability in the energy sector.<ref name="mold">{{Cite web |url=http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=63135 |title=Moldpres |access-date=July 23, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023102/http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=63135 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* Moldova has an embassy in Stockholm.  
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Chişinău]]. 
* Moldova is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Moldova to the European Union|candidate]] and Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]]. 
* Both countries are members of the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|The Netherlands}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Netherlands–Sweden relations]].
* The Netherlands has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden has an embassy in The Hague.
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and of the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Norway}}||<!--start date -->||See [[Norway–Sweden relations]].
* Norway has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Oslo]]. 
* Both countries are members of [[NATO]]. 
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|{{flag|Poland }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Poland–Sweden relations]].

* Poland has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Warsaw]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Poland joined on 1 May 2004. 
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Portugal }}||<!-- Start date -->||See [[Portugal–Sweden relations]].

* Portugal has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Lisbon]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Romania }}||<!--start date -->1 November 1916||

* Romania has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Bucharest]]. 
* Sweden joined the [[European Union]] as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Romania joined on 1 January 2007.
* Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Russia }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Russia–Sweden relations]].

* Russia has an embassy in Stockholm and a consulate-general in [[Gothenburg]].
* Sweden [[Embassy of Sweden, Moscow|has an embassy]] in [[Moscow]] and a consulate-general in [[Saint Petersburg]].
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|{{flag|Serbia }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Serbia–Sweden relations]].

* Serbia has an embassy in Stockholm. 
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Belgrade]]. 
* Serbia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]] and Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]]. 
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|{{flag|Slovenia}}||<!--Date started-->||

* Slovenia is accredited to Sweden from its embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Sweden is accredited to Slovenia from its embassy in Budapest, Hungary. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].
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|{{flag|Spain }}||<!--start date -->||See [[Spain–Sweden relations]].

* Spain has an embassy in Stockholm.
* Sweden has an embassy in [[Madrid]]. 
* Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], and the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Switzerland }}||<!--start date -->||

* Sweden has an embassy in [[Bern]].
* Switzerland has an embassy in Stockholm. 
* Both countries are members of the [[Council of Europe]].
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|{{flag|Ukraine }}||13 January 1992||See [[Sweden–Ukraine relations]].
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 January 1992.<ref name="ukr1"/>

A Ukrainian information bureau was opened 1916 in [[Stockholm]] by Volodymyr Stepankivskyi and M. Zaliznyak. In 1918 an official diplomatic mission from the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] headed by K. Lossky was opened in Stockholm.<ref name="mfa.gov.ua">{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/sweden/ua/3316.htm|title=Посольство України в Королівстві Швеція|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430075955/http://www.mfa.gov.ua/sweden/ua/3316.htm|archive-date=April 30, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Diplomatic relations between [[Ukraine]] and Sweden were established on January 13, 1992.

* Sweden has an embassy in [[Kyiv]]. 
* Ukraine has an embassy in Stockholm. 
* Both countries are members of the [[Council of Europe]]. 
* Sweden is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member State of the European Union|member]] and Ukraine is a [[Accession of Ukraine to the European Union|candidate]].
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 23 December 1653 ||See [[Sweden–United Kingdom relations]].
Sweden established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 23 December 1653.<ref name="britain"/>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Sweden and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=May 2025}} 
*Sweden maintains an [[Embassy of Sweden, London|embassy]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|date=19 September 2023|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/sweden/|title=Sweden|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=18 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513004250/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/europe/sweden/|archive-date=13 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Sweden through its [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Stockholm|embassy]] in Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-stockholm|title=British Embassy Stockholm|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=18 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208101022/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-stockholm|archive-date=8 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], the [[European Court of Human Rights]], the [[International Criminal Court]], the [[Joint Expeditionary Force]], [[NATO]], the [[OECD]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], the [[United Nations]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention,<ref>{{Cite web|author=HM Revenue and Customs|date=
17 December 2013|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sweden-tax-treaties|title=Sweden: tax treaties|website=GOV.UK|access-date=18 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408171939/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sweden-tax-treaties|archive-date=8 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> a Mutual Defence Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adler|first=Katya|date=11 May 2022|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61408700|title=UK agrees mutual security deals with Finland and Sweden|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511125045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61408700|archive-date=11 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Strategic Partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Prime Minister's Office|date=13 October 2023|url=https://www.government.se/articles/2023/10/strengthened-partnership-between-united-kingdom-and-sweden/|title=Strengthened partnership between United Kingdom and Sweden|website=[[Government Offices of Sweden]]|access-date=18 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106180320/https://www.government.se/articles/2023/10/strengthened-partnership-between-united-kingdom-and-sweden/|archive-date=6 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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