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United Kingdom–Sweden relations (also known as Anglo-Swedish relations or British-Swedish relations) (Swedish: Relationer mellan Storbritannien och Sverige or svensk-brittiska relationer) are relations between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden. Both countries are members of the UN, COE and NATO.
British policy is that the relationship with the United States represents the United Kingdom's "most important bilateral relationship" in the world. [1] United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to the relationship in February 2009 by saying, "it stands the test of time". [179] John Dumbrell wrote in 2006:
During the period between 1820–1930 approximately 1.3 million Swedes, a third of the country's population, emigrated to North America and most of them to the United States.
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 Finnish history , and in motives for governmental proposals and actions as reported in Finnish news ...
The new Foreign Secretary was grilled on post-Brexit relations with the bloc by the Lords European Affairs Committee. Cameron says ‘heat and and anger’ has come out of UK-EU relationship Skip ...
The new Swedish system was fully implemented in 2003, and it has withstood the test of time. Swedish benefits have consistently increased, and their pension program has featured a surplus in all ...
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan in 1985. Their strong bond epitomised UK–US relations in the late 20th century.. The Special Relationship is a term that is often used to describe the political, social, diplomatic, cultural, economic, legal, environmental, religious, military and historic relations between the United Kingdom and the United States or its ...
Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they will boycott this year's Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards changed its position from a ...