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The foreign policy of Sweden was formerly based on the premise that national security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a neutral country in the event of war, with this policy lasting from 1814 in the context of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars until the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. In ...
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: Utrikesdepartementet, UD) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to foreign policy, democracy, human rights, international development cooperation and foreign trade.
(Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs [1] (Swedish: utrikesutskottet) (UU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag.The committee prepares matters concerning the state's relationship to and agreements with other states and international organizations, assistance to other countries' development, representing the Swedish state abroad, as well as helping with diplomatic ...
Nevertheless, the country remains active in peacekeeping missions and maintains a considerable foreign aid budget. Since 1995 Sweden has been a member of the European Union, and as a consequence of a new world security situation the country's foreign policy doctrine has been partly modified, with Sweden playing a more active role in European ...
Accession of Sweden to NATO; Aliens Appeals Board of Sweden; List of international prime ministerial trips made by Magdalena Andersson; Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy; Arctic policy of Sweden
Sweden–Syria relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between the two countries. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1947. [ 1 ] Since the onset of the Syrian civil war , they have had suspended relations, and Sweden shared an embassy alongside Denmark in Beirut , Lebanon.
The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (Swedish: statsminister för utrikes ärendena, commonly known as utrikesstatsminister), similar to the office of Prime Minister for Justice (Swedish: justitiestatsminister).
The new foreign policy, often called The Policy of 1812, was directed by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, the recently elected Crown Prince, who had served as Regent since 1811. The policy of 1812 was in sharp contrast to Sweden's previous foreign policy, during which Sweden had been involved in many conflicts, especially with its arch enemy, Russia.