Sweden not at war, but not at peace either says PM

A file photo of Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/via REUTERS(
  • The Folk och Försvar conference, Sweden’s largest annual meeting on defence and security, is currently underway in Sälen.
  • Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told attendees that while Sweden isn’t at war, it’s not at peace either.
  • “If you look at the Baltic Sea, there are big ships dragging anchors behind them destroying cables … It creates a situation where it’s easy to think someone wants to harm us,” says reporter Mats Eriksson, who’s covering the conference for Swedish Radio.
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For more on the defence and security conference, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.

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