The foreign policy of Sweden was formerly based on the premise that national security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a neutral country in the event of war,with this policy lasting from 1814 in the context of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars until the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. In 2002,Sweden revised its security doctrine. The security doctrine at that point still stated that "Sweden pursues a policy of non-participation in military alliances," but permitted cooperation in response to threats against peace and security. The government also seeks to maintain Sweden's high standard of living. These two objectives required heavy expenditures for social welfare,defence spending at rates considered low by Western European standards,and close attention to foreign trade opportunities and world economic cooperation. In 2024,Sweden formally became part of a military alliance for the first time since the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition by joining NATO.
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg was a Swedish architect,businessman,diplomat,and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944,Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings which he declared as Swedish territory.
Thomas Peter Lantos was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993. After redistricting,he served from the 12th congressional district,which included both the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of the southwestern part of San Francisco.
Ángel Sanz-Briz was a Spanish diplomat and humanitarian. Sanz - Briz is credited with saving more than 5,200 Jews in German-occupied Hungary from the Holocaust in the later stages of World War II.
Per Johan Valentin Anger was a Swedish diplomat. Anger was Raoul Wallenberg's co-worker at the Swedish legation in Budapest during World War II when many Jews were saved because they were supplied with Swedish passports. After the war,he spent a lot of time trying to clarify Wallenberg's fate.
Lars Ernster was a professor of biochemistry,and a member of the Board of the Nobel Foundation.
The Raoul Wallenberg Award is bestowed by The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States on "individuals,organizations,and communities whose courage,selflessness and success against great odds personified those of Raoul Wallenberg himself." It has been awarded periodically since 1985,when the inaugural award was given to Wallenberg himself.
Károly Szabó was an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest from 1944 to 1945 when he rescued Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. He was a supporter of Raoul Wallenberg and had a significant role in making contact with the representatives of the Hungarian police and other state officials. He was arrested without legal proceedings in 1953 in Budapest,in a secret trial.
Angelo Rotta was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. As the Apostolic Nuncio in Budapest at the end of World War II,he was involved in the rescue of the Jews of Budapest from the Nazi Holocaust. He is a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism.
Russia–Sweden relations date back to the 10th century;when Vikings called Varangians participated in the founding new states that later evolved into Russia,Ukraine and Belarus.
Hungary–Sweden relations are foreign relations between Hungary and Sweden. Sweden has an embassy in Budapest,and in Stockholm there is a Hungarian embassy. Diplomatic relations between the two countries started on 28 December 1945. These relations developed to a higher ambassador level. Both countries are members of the Council of Europe,European Union,NATO and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
British–Hungarian are foreign relations between Hungary and the United Kingdom. Hungary was a part of the Austrian Empire until 1918 when it became independent. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1920.
Imre Varga was a Hungarian sculptor,painter,designer and graphic artist. He was regarded as one of Hungary's most important living artists,and he has been called one of the "most skilled sculptors in Hungary."
Otto Fleischmann was a Hungarian-born Freudian psychoanalyst.
Nina Viveka Maria Lagergren was a Swedish businesswoman and the half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg,and the leading force to find out what happened to him after his disappearance. She was the founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy. She also presented Sommar i P1 in 2014 on Swedish Radio. She was the mother-in-law of Kofi Annan.
Paul A. Levine was an American–Swedish Holocaust and genocide historian,co-author of a widely used Swedish textbook on the subject.
Sweden was a neutral state during World War II and was not directly involved in the Holocaust in German-occupied Europe. Nonetheless,the Swedish government maintained important economic links with Nazi Germany and there was widespread awareness within the country of its policy of persecution and,from 1942,mass extermination of Jews.
Barbro Elm is a Swedish diplomat who formerly became the ambassador to Argentina from 2016 to 2019,and North Korea from 2010 to 2012. She has been assigned to Swedish embassies in several countries which include Dhaka,Havana,Athens,Madrid and Bratislava.
