{"id":14654,"date":"2020-12-15T16:33:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/15\/sweden-ups-defense-budget-40-due-to-regional-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:15:45","slug":"sweden-ups-defense-budget-40-due-to-regional-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/12\/15\/sweden-ups-defense-budget-40-due-to-regional-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden ups defense budget 40% due to regional tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STOCKHOLM \u2014 Sweden\u2019s parliament on Tuesday approved a 40 percent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2018\/09\/12\/new-swedish-government-advocates-for-greater-defense-spending\/\" target=_blank>increase in the defense budget<\/a> for 2021-2025 because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/05\/11\/sweden-adjusts-to-rising-tensions-in-the-high-north\/\" target=_blank>tensions in the Baltic Sea region<\/a> in recent years, with officials saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/international\/2018\/03\/14\/swedens-plan-to-deter-a-russian-digital-attack\/\" target=_blank>Russia is the main reason<\/a> for the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 349-member Riksdag assembly approved the largest hike in 70 years, bringing the annual defense budget by 2025 to 89 billion kronor (U.S. $11 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-2020-defined\/2019\/12\/27\/swedens-defense-minister-on-relations-with-america-russian-threats-and-the-european-union\/\" target=_blank>Defence Minister Peter Hultquist<\/a> told the assembly before the series of votes that \u201cit is the largest investment since the 1950s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal was put forward in October by Sweden\u2019s two-party Social Democrat-Green Party minority government, and it received immediate backing from two smaller opposition groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government described it as sending a signal after Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of Crimea, repeated airspace violations by Russian military aircraft in the neighboring Baltics and a military buildup in Russia\u2019s exclave of Kaliningrad, which sits across the Baltic Sea from Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is much to suggest that Russia\u2019s military capabilities in absolute terms will increase throughout the next 10-year period,\u201d the adopted proposal read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan will see the armed forces grow from the current 55,000 positions to 90,000 by 2030. Several disbanded regiments will be reestablished and the number of conscripts will increase to 8,000 annually, which is a doubling compared with 2019. The Navy will receive new equipment and there will be upgrades in armament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden currently spends 1.1 percent of gross domestic product on defense. 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