Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Sweden tonu te kore o te ope, ahakoa kei te whai wāhi atu ia ki ētahi whakangungu hōia tahi me NATO me ētahi atu whenua, hei tāpiri ki te mahi tahi whānui ki ētahi atu whenua Pākehā i te wāhi o te hangarau tiaki me te ahumahi tiaki. I roto i ētahi atu, ka kaweake kamupene Swedish patu i whakamahia e te hōia American i roto i Iraq. He roa hoki te hītori o Sweden ki te whai wāhi ki ngā mahi hōia ao, tae atu ki Afghanistan, kei reira nga hoia Swedish i raro i te whakahau NATO, me i roto i te EU-whakawhiwhi ope rongo i roto i te Kosovo, Bosnia me Herzegovina, me Kaiperu. I whai wāhi hoki a Sweden ki
te whakatinana i tētahi rohe kore rere i runga i a Libya i runga i te whakahau a te UN i te wā o te Spring Arab. I noho a Sweden hei tumuaki o te Kotahitanga o Ūropi mai i te 1 Hōngongoi ki te 31 Hakihea 2009.