Sweden to buy four frigates from France's Naval Group

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Sweden has announced the purchase of four frigates from France's Naval Group as part of a major defense investment following its NATO accession and the war in Ukraine. This acquisition marks one of the largest military investments by Sweden since the 1980s.

Sweden's government said Tuesday that it would buy four new frigates from France's Naval Group as part of a rearmament effort launched after the war in Ukraine and its accession to NATO in 2024. "This is one of the largest Swedish defence investments since the Gripen fighter jet was introduced in the 1980s," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at press conference aboard a navy corvette in Stockholm. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.