Relationship dossier
Croatia
Sweden
Relationship assessment
Cooperation on EU integration and NATO accession
Croatia toward Sweden
+20Croatia ratified Sweden's accession to NATO, supporting Sweden's entry into the alliance.
Sweden toward Croatia
+20Sweden ratified Croatia's EU accession treaty, supporting Croatia's entry into the European Union.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes concrete cooperation on Croatia's EU accession and Sweden's NATO accession. These milestones point to a constructive bilateral relationship, while the breadth of other direct cooperation is 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
Croatia and Sweden have cooperated on major European and security policy milestones. Sweden ratified Croatia's EU accession treaty, and Croatia ratified Sweden's NATO accession. These actions indicate practical government cooperation, though the scope of their broader bilateral engagement is less clear.
Key developments
Sweden ratified Croatia's EU accession treaty.
Croatia ratified Sweden's accession to NATO.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral agreements and ongoing government cooperation is unclear.
- The extent of practical implementation of bilateral cooperation is unclear.