The Evolution Towards the Partial Strategic Autonomy of Sweden’s Essential Security Interests

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Figure 1. Sweden’s defence industrial position as a Tier 2a-country.

Figure 2. Swedish Military Expenditure (1990–2019), Constant Prices 2018. Source: SIPRI (2020).

Table 1. Development of Sweden’s defence expenditure 2020–2025 (Source: Swedish government (2020), Budget bill 2021, 2020/21:1)

Year	Defence expenditure (Billion SEK)	Share of GDP
2020	59,809	1.1 %
2021	66,100	1.3 %
2023	77,372	1.4 %
2025	84,000	1.5 %

Table 2. Origin of Selected Equipment 2020. Source: IISS

Type	Name	Quantity 2020	Origin of Prime Contractor
Combat Aircraft	JAS 39 Gripen	96	Domestic
Helicopter	HKP 14 (NH-90)	18	Collaboration (Europe)
Helicopter	HKP 15 (Black Hawk)	15	Foreign (USA)
Main Battle Tank	Strv 122 (Leopard 2)	120	Foreign (Germany)
IFV	CV-90	394	Domestic
APC (T)	BvS-10	110	Domestic
APC (W)	Ptgb-360 (XA-360)	113	Foreign (Finland)
Howitzer (SP)	Archer	23	Domestic
SAM	Patriot	TBD	Foreign (USA)
AAM	Meteor	-	Collaboration (Europe)
AAM	IRIS-T	-	Collaboration (Europe)
Corvette	Visby Class	5	Domestic
Submarine	Gotland Class	3	Domestic
Submarine	Västergötland Class	2	Domestic

SIPRI. 2020. Military Expenditure Database. Stockholm Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: SIPRI. https://sipri.org/databases/armstransfers (Access date: 2020-11-20) www.eur-lex.europa.eu.

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