Netherlands–Sweden relations
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Netherlands–Sweden relations are the bilateral relations between Sweden and the Netherlands. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, NATO and the European Union. The Netherlands has an embassy in Stockholm,{{Cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/your-country-and-the-netherlands/sweden/about-us/embassy-in-stockholm |title=Netherlands embassy in Stockholm – General contact details |website=The Netherlands and you |access-date=2020-12-09}} while Sweden has an embassy in The Hague.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/netherlands-the-hague/ |title=Embassy of Sweden – The Hague, Netherlands |website=Sweden abroad |access-date=2020-12-09}} On 18 May 2022, the Netherlands announced that they welcomed the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO and that they would fully support their membership.{{Cite web |url=https://www.government.nl/documents/diplomatic-statements/2022/05/18/statement-on-nato-membership-applications-by-finland-and-sweden |title=Statement on NATO membership applications by Finland and Sweden |website=government.nl|language=en|date=18 May 2022 }} the Netherlands fully supported Sweden's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 7 March 2024.
History
The Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden have been both allied and on opposing sides in war. For example, the Dutch fought against Sweden during the Second Northern War, from 1655 to 1660, and later in the Franco-Dutch War and the Scanian War (1675–1679). It later allied itself with Sweden in the Great Northern War from 1700, contributing 13 ships of the lineEricson Wolke, Lars (2011). Sjöslag och rysshärjningar. Stockholm: Norstedts. p. 55. {{ISBN|978-91-1-303042-5}} to Sweden's 76,000-troop army{{Harvnb|Larsson|2009|p=78}} In July 2022, the Netherlands fully ratified Sweden's NATO membership application.{{Cite web |title=Goedkeuring van de op 5 juli 2022 te Brussel tot stand gekomen Protocollen bij het Noord-Atlantisch Verdrag betreffende de toetreding van de Republiek Finland en het Koninkrijk Zweden (Trb. 2022, 58) |trans-title=Approval of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, done in Brussels on 5 July 2022 |url=https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/wetsvoorstellen/detail?id=2022Z14517&dossier=36162 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Tweede Kamer |language=nl |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709131916/https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/wetsvoorstellen/detail?id=2022Z14517&dossier=36162 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Goedkeuring Protocollen Noord-Atlantisch Verdragtoetreding van de Republiek Finland en het Koninkrijk Zweden |trans-title=Approval of the North Atlantic Treaty Accession Protocols of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden |url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/wetsvoorstel/36162_goedkeuring_protocollen |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Eerste Kamer |language=nl}}{{Cite web |title=Wet van 13 juli 2022, houdende goedkeuring van de op 5 juli 2022 te Brussel tot stand gekomen Protocollen bij het Noord-Atlantisch Verdrag betreffende de toetreding van de Republiek Finland en het Koninkrijk Zweden (Trb. 2022, 58) |url=https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2022-300.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Officiële bekendmakingen |language=nl}}
the European Union and NATO
While the Netherlands was one of the founding members of the European Union (EU), Sweden joined the European Union (EU) on 1 January 1995. While the Netherlands was one of the founding members of NATO, Sweden joined NATO on 7 March 2024.
Resident diplomatic missions
- the Netherlands has an embassy in Stockholm.[https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/contact/embassies-consulates-general/sweden/embassy-stockholm Embassy of the Netherlands in Stockholm]
- Sweden has an embassy in The Hague.[https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/netherlands-the-hague/ Embassy of Sweden in The Hague]
File:Louis De Geers palats 2010a.jpg|Embassy of the Netherlands in Stockholm
File:Den Haag - Lange Voorhout 28.JPG|Residence of the Swedish ambassador in The Hague
== See also ==
References
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- {{Cite book|title=Stormaktens sista krig|trans-title=Last war of the great power|first=Olle|last=Larsson|year=2009|publisher=Historiska Media|location=Lund|isbn=978-91-85873-59-3|language=sv}}
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