Sweden

Sweden has no government, a month after election. Opposition leader Magdalena Andersson, who previously served as prime minister, made clear today that she still cannot assemble a coalition. The four parties of the center-left bloc she leads have yet to decide which of them enter the government and which stay out.

Reuters

Several European countries just urged their citizens to leave Iran immediately:

-Germany🇩🇪
-Italy🇮🇹
-France🇫🇷
-Norway🇳🇴
-Denmark🇩🇰
-Finland🇫🇮
-Sweden🇸🇪

A Russian aircraft was identified and intercepted Thursday after Sweden and Finland scrambled fighter jets, according to the Finnish Air Force.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his right-wing bloc lost the September 2026 national election. The centre-left opposition took 176 seats to the governing bloc's 173.

Sweden expelled an Iranian embassy employee Wednesday and summoned Tehran's ambassador, citing threats against Jewish and Israeli interests in the country.

Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer: "We know that Iran, over a long period of time, has conducted activities that threaten security in and against Sweden, targeting both individuals who oppose the Iranian regime and various Jewish and Israeli interests in our country."

AFP.

Sweden will buy around 10 HIMARS rocket systems from Lockheed Martin for $729 million, with deliveries starting in 2027.

Saab will produce the ammunition in Sweden.

Sweden signed a €4.3 billion deal in Stockholm for four French FDI frigates from Naval Group, with President Macron attending aboard the lead ship Amiral Ronarc'h. The first vessel arrives in 2030.

Simona Mohamsson, who is Palestinian and serves as Sweden’s education minister, wore a Star of David necklace during a televised party leaders’ debate last week, ahead of Sweden’s September elections.

“I carry the Star of David for the children who do not dare to do it in today’s Sweden.”

The gesture triggered nonstop online abuse and threats. Wali Ghanem called her a “self hating creature” and wrote, “May she burn.”

Several people wounded in a sword attack at a school in Sweden, per local media.

Sweden's security service announced it detected and neutralized an espionage operation attributed to Russia's foreign intelligence service on Swedish soil. According to the agency, the operation was designed to collect intelligence on important decision-making processes and to lay the groundwork for future influence operations inside Sweden.

French A400M Atlas lands on a public road in Sweden during military drills.

A 19-year-old Norwegian was convicted in the UK of conspiracy to commit murder after being recruited by "Foxtrot," a Swedish crime network working for the IRGC. He was arrested with weapons in Huddersfield in March 2025.

Sweden is turning the Baltic island of Gotland into a NATO stronghold, boosting troops, air defenses, and base infrastructure. Officials cite Russian hybrid threats, sabotage, espionage, and drone incursions, as driving the buildup. - Politico

Rubio at NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Sweden: "It's well understood in the alliance that the United States' troop presence in Europe is going to be adjusted."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is en route to Sweden for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, followed by a trip to India.

Sweden nearing a $4 billion frigate deal with France, its largest defense investment in four decades.

France and Sweden call on the EU to restrict imports from Judea and Samaria.