
The war in Ukraine and Sweden's move to join the NATO military alliance will lead to defence spending running higher than the 2% that parliament has decided on, the top commander of the country's armed forces told Swedish Radio on Friday.
Sweden is planning to reach the NATO target for defence expenditure of 2% of GDP by 2026, up from 1.2% in 2022, as the Nordic country scrambles to bolster its defence following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.