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Sweden

Kingdom of Sweden

Europe

UN Member since 1946

Member of EU27, NATO, OECD.

Population

10.6M

GDP

$593.0B

Capital

Stockholm

Government

Unitary parliamentary consti...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

9.4 / 10

UN voting record

How Sweden votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

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Bloc alignment

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Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

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Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

Sweden's foreign policy has been redefined by NATO accession while retaining its strong commitment to multilateralism, development aid, and human rights. Sweden consistently ranks among the top per-capita aid donors and has been a leading advocate for feminist foreign policy (formally adopted in 2014, though the label was later dropped).

Key priorities include strengthening European security through NATO and EU cooperation, supporting Ukraine, maintaining high development aid standards, promoting gender equality and human rights globally, and engaging in Arctic governance. Sweden's defense industry (Saab, Gripen fighter jets) gives it strategic weight within NATO.

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MUN Delegate Guide

As Sweden, combine your new NATO membership with your longstanding humanitarian and multilateral credentials. Your transition from 200+ years of non-alignment to NATO membership is a powerful narrative about how Russia's aggression has fundamentally changed European security.

Coordinate with Nordic partners (Finland joined NATO just before you, making the Nordic-NATO alignment complete), with the EU on economic and environmental issues, and with NATO on security. Sweden's defense industry and strong military give you substantive credibility.

Lead on development aid, gender equality, human rights, disarmament (reference SIPRI), and innovation. Sweden's feminist foreign policy legacy is a distinctive diplomatic asset. On security, reference your NATO accession story and defense capabilities. Champion arms control and conflict prevention, drawing on your Hammarskjold legacy.