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Sweden to buy US artillery rocket system and enter Sweden-Finland cooperation on rocket artillery
The Government is authorising the Swedish Armed Forces to procure the US High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). In a separate announcement, Sweden’s Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen have signed a Joint Declaration regarding cooperation on the countries’ rocket artillery systems.
Swedish economy continues to strengthen
The Swedish economy is in recovery despite global uncertainty characterised by geopolitical tensions and rising energy prices. Stronger domestic demand is raising expectations that Sweden’s economy will grow more than the EU average this year.
Joint Declaration on the Establishment of the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition
The leaders of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom recognizing the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles and the increasing importance of defence capabilities for the security of the European continent, announce today the initiation of the establishment of a purely defensive Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition.
"We express our support for its Flagship Project to work at pace to develop an Anti-Ballistic capability."
The state becomes a shareholder in Videberg Kraft AB
The Government has decided that the state will become a shareholder in Videberg Kraft AB, which plans to build nuclear reactors at Ringhals. The Swedish state, Vattenfall AB and Industrikraft i Sverige AB have concluded a shareholders’ agreement on the management of the company. The state’s shareholding will be 60 per cent, while Vattenfall and Industrikraft will each hold 20 per cent. The state has also negotiated the principal terms and conditions for state aid to the company.
Protecting the 2026 elections
The Swedish electoral system is fundamentally robust and difficult for antagonists to manipulate. Government agencies at central, regional and local level have extensive experience of conducting elections correctly, observing due process.
However, the current security situation, rapid pace of technological developments and experience from other elections in Europe have highlighted a need to increase resilience to foreign malign information influence ahead of the general elections on 13 September 2026.
