Relationship dossier
Brazil
Sweden
Relationship assessment
A strategic partnership with substantial defense and aerospace cooperation
Brazil toward Sweden
+40Brazil selected Sweden’s Gripen fighter for its air force and entered into a procurement arrangement that included technology transfer and cooperation in aircraft development.
Sweden toward Brazil
+45Sweden’s Gripen procurement agreement with Brazil included technology transfer and cooperation in aircraft development, creating a significant bilateral defense-industrial relationship.
Overall relationship
+40The strategic partnership and Gripen agreement anchor a cooperative relationship, particularly in defense and aerospace. These arrangements indicate sustained bilateral engagement, though the scale and durability of cooperation in other fields are less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil and Sweden have a strategic partnership and a prominent defense-industrial relationship centered on Brazil’s purchase of Gripen fighter aircraft. The agreement included technology transfer and cooperation in aircraft development, giving the relationship concrete substance beyond diplomatic ties. The breadth and implementation of cooperation in other areas are less clear.
Key developments
Brazil and Sweden established a strategic partnership.
Brazil selected Sweden’s Gripen fighter, leading to a procurement agreement that included technology transfer and aircraft-development cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of implementation of the Gripen technology-transfer and development arrangements is unclear.
- The scope and continuity of cooperation outside defense and aerospace are uncertain.