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

- 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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