EFTA founding 1960

EFTA founding: On 4 January 1960 Sweden joined six other nations in signing the Stockholm Convention establishing EFTA, choosing economic integration without the political supranationalism of the EEC.

In the chronology of the Swedish model, this anchors 1960 under Tage Erlander as a year shaped by institutions, public conflict, reform, or security policy rather than cabinet arithmetic alone.

Source confidence is B: the basic event is promoted, while broader interpretation still depends on the cited source tier and later primary-source upgrades.