Sweden considers raising the upper conscription age for former military officers from 47 to 70 to ensure its military is prepared in times of crisis, the Swedish defence minister said on Monday.

Sweden's government said on Friday it would clear the way for the military to provide greater assistance to the police in combating a crime wave that has rocked the country and left 12 people dead ...

Sweden's armed forces said in a statement that Gripen jets were sent up to intercept the Russian plane, an SU-24, after it failed to respond to a radio warning by military air traffic controllers.

Sweden and Finland both put aside years of military nonalignment to seek security within NATO after Russia’s invasion in 2022. Their membership is expected to strengthen NATO’s capabilities in ...

Sweden has officially joined the NATO military alliance. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to hand over the final documents. The country first bid to ...

Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe ...

Military spending in Europe sharply rose in 2022. Across the globe, military spending hit an all time high of $2.24 trillion. The growth is partially due to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Sweden and Finland abandoned their traditional positions of military nonalignment to seek protection under NATO's security umbrella, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Sweden also aims to increase its military by a third by 2030, Clark noted, with plans to go from 55,000 personnel to 90,000, citing Russia's military as its motivation.

Last year Sweden announced it would increase its military budget by 64 percent over five years. Over the past three decades, governments led by the social Democrats and right-wing Moderates have ...

The figures showed that 2022 was the country’s best year for solar deployment yet, with around 1 GW of new capacity added to the grid. The nation installed 503 MW in 2021, 400 MW in 2020, 287 MW ...

Sweden’s fighter pilots are, for example, not putting in any more training hours today than they were five years ago, hovering at about 11,250 hours a year. Sweden is a country that prides itself on ...