Sweden

ARMS TRADE TREATY
Ratified and entried in force since 16 June 2014. → ATT Sweden

TRANSPARENCY
Arms exports available at: → Inspectorate of Strategic Products

POSITION TOWARDS THE CONFLICT
In March 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released its annual report on arms sales. It showed that Sweden has reduced its arms sales by 62% since 2009. Sweden remains the 15th-largest arms exporter in the world, but this is far behind the major exporters (led by the United States).
Saudi Arabia has been buying Swedish weapons since 1998. Sweden’s main arms sales to Saudi Arabia have occurred over the past decade, while Sweden has also been selling arms to the UAE. Swedish arms manufacturer Saab opened an office in Abu Dhabi in 2017. There is no sign of a slowdown in this arms-sales relationship. On August 13, TV4 in Sweden reported that Swedish weapons have been used in Yemen. In March, it was already learned that Saab’s radar and combat management system Erieye, and Swede Ship Marine’s patrol boats have been used in Yemen.
(Asian Times, Sep. 2019)   (Government Offices in Sweden, Sep. 2020)

Transfer of major weapons from Sweden to Saudi Arabia / 2010-2019

NAME TYPE ORDER # DELIVERY # COMMENTS
RBS-56B Bill-2 Anti-tank missile 2005 200 2010-2011 200 Possibly second-hand
Saab-2000 AEW AEW&C aircraft 2010 2 2014 2 SEK4.5 b ($670 m) deal; second-hand Saab-2000 transport aircraft modified to AEW aircraft
MD5 Diesel engine 2015 71 2016 71 For Bastion APC from France

Transfer of major weapons from Sweden to United Arab Emirates / 2010-2019

NAME TYPE ORDER # DELIVERY # COMMENTS
Ghannatha FAC 2009 12 2013-2015 12 Part of AED930 m ($252 m) deal; incl. 9 produced in UAE; designation Al Bazam
Giraffe AMB Air Search radar 2004 6 2011-2017 6 For 6 Baynunah corvettes from France
DI-12 Diesel engine (AV) 2008 5 2008-2010 5 For 5 AMV IFV from Finland
Saab-340AEW AEW&C aircraft 2009 2 2010-2011 2 Second-hand S-100B version modernized to S-100D before delivery; SEK1.5 b ($234m) deal;
Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2005 2 / / Part of $1.3 b deal; for modification of 2 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada to GlobalEye AEW&C/AGS aircraft
Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2015 2 / / Part of $1.3 b deal; Erieye (on 2 Saab-340 AEW&C aircraft) rebuilt to Erieye SRSS; delivery planned 2020 or 2020-2021
SAK-70 Mk-2 57mm Naval gun 2015 2 2017-2018 2 For 2 FOPV-850 corvettes from Netherlands
DI-12 Diesel engine (AV) 2016 40 2016 40 For 5 AMV IFV from Finland
Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2017 1 / / Part of AED866 m ($238 m) deal; for modification of 1 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada to GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft; delivery planned 2021
Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2019 2 / / For modification of 2 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada to GlobalEye AEW&C/AGS aircraft; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019



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