2024
Right bloc · M+KD+LSweden joins NATO and hosts Eurovision amid pro-Palestinian protests.
2024 infographic: NATO, Malmö, and Baltic cables
AI-generated infographic using the page's 2024 anchors.
Highlights
- NATO membership, 7 March: After Turkey ratified on 23 January and Hungary on 26 February, Sweden formally became NATO's 32nd member on 7 March, ending over 200 years of military non-alignment. PM Kristersson deposited the accession instrument in Washington, D.C.; the flag was raised at NATO HQ in Brussels on 11 March.
- Eurovision in Malmö: Sweden hosted Eurovision in May. The contest drew large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations calling for Israel's exclusion, including participation by Greta Thunberg.
- Baltic Sea cable sabotage: Multiple undersea telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea were severed in November–December in suspected sabotage acts, heightening concerns about critical infrastructure security.
Events in this year
2024 The Left Party drops its demand to leave the EU (2024) At its May 2024 congress in Jönköping, the Left Party adopted a new programme that no longer actively calls for Sweden to leave the EU. Leaving is kept only as a last resort. Foreign policy 2024-03-07 Sweden's NATO Accession 2024 On 7 March 2024 Sweden deposited its accession instrument in Washington and became NATO’s 32nd member after Turkish and Hungarian ratification. Foreign policy 2024-08-05 Armand Duplantis wins Paris Olympic gold with a world record World Athletics records Armand Duplantis winning the Paris 2024 men's pole vault final for Sweden with a 6.25m world record. Sports