Relationship dossier
India
Sweden
Relationship assessment
India and Sweden cooperate through a strategic innovation partnership and joint initiatives.
India toward Sweden
+35The Indian government adopted a joint declaration with Sweden and established a strategic innovation partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit, providing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
Sweden toward India
+35The Swedish government adopted a joint declaration with India and established a strategic innovation partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit, providing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation, including the 2018 joint declaration and strategic innovation partnership. These arrangements indicate sustained intent to cooperate, particularly on innovation, while the extent of their implementation and the breadth of other bilateral initiatives are unclear.
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
India and Sweden have developed a cooperative relationship centered on innovation and sustainable development. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2018 visit to Sweden, the governments adopted a joint declaration and established a strategic innovation partnership. These initiatives support a positive assessment, though the scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
India and Sweden adopted a joint declaration and established a strategic innovation partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sweden.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the strategic innovation partnership are unclear.
- Details of the full range of recent bilateral government cooperation are limited.