France–Sweden relations are the current and historical relations between France and Sweden. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe, European Union and the OECD. In August of 2022, France have fully ratified Sweden's NATO membership application. France strongly supports Sweden's NATO membership.
Sweden has pursued close ties and cooperation with its neighboring Nordic countries, particularly Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway. This commitment to Scandinavian unity has been reflected in diplomatic initiatives, trade agreements, and cultural exchanges.
Since Macron took power in France, Russian-French relations have remained at a stand-still.
The two countries have a long — and often contentious — relationship stretching back to the Middle Ages. Since 1945, they have largely reconciled, and since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1958, they are among the founders and leading members of the European Communities and their successor the European Union.
France is Germany's closest and most important partner in Europe.
Political relations between France and Denmark are long-standing, sustained and marked by confidence. The two countries are important partners for each other due to their memberships of the European Union and NATO.
France strongly supports Ukraine in its reform efforts and in meeting before the end of 2023 the required conditions, looking forward to the European Commission's report, with a view to start accession negotiations. Ukraine and France call on the EU to continue supporting the country in all fields.
Diplomatic relations between France and Ukraine were established in 1992. Since 2006, Ukraine is an observer in the Francophonie.
Today, France adheres to the One China policy, where France recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of "China", as opposed to the Republic of China, where it maintains unofficial relations.
Australia and France work together in many fields, such as defence and international security, climate change mitigation and energy transition, supply chain resilience, and in Antarctica. We cooperate in pursuit of our shared interests in the Indo-Pacific region. We both support a rules-based international order.
French community in Australia
There are currently between 70 and 90,000 French citizens in Australia, half of whom also hold Australian citizenship. As you can see, the French community in this country down under has many members, so you won't be lost. Sydney has the largest number of French expatriates.
Today, the US is one of Germany's closest allies and partners outside of the European Union.
Bilateral relations
Australia and Sweden have a close bilateral relationship based on shared values and historical links.
As a NATO member, Sweden will become part of NATO's collective defence and will be covered by mutual defence guarantees under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Under Article 5, an armed attack against one or more of the Allies in Europe or North America will be considered an attack against them all.
Our BFF is Finland. Despite many differences like language and background. I find Finland very similar to Sweden, yes.
Embassy of France, Washington, D.C. The France-United States alliance has remained peaceful since, with the exceptions of the Quasi War from 1798 to 1799 and American combat against Vichy France (while supporting Free France) from 1942 to 1944 during World War II.
France is one of the oldest U.S. allies, dating to 1778 when the French monarchy recognized the independence of the United States. French military and economic assistance during the American War of Independence (1775-81) was crucial to the American victory.
NATO's founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The United States has given the most in grants, valued at 25 billion euros ($26.5 billion). While big, wealthy countries can afford to provide more in absolute terms, smaller countries are making significant offerings of their own.
Is it safe to travel to Europe now? Yes. With the exception of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia, travel to almost all European countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria remains unaffected.
The surprise Paris visit comes after a spate of high-level meetings in Berlin and Rome. France “will train and equip” several Ukrainian battalions and provide them with “tens of armored vehicles and light tanks,” Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced late Sunday.
Our relations are close, particularly in the energy sector, which remains the centrepiece of the Norwegian economy. France purchases 40% of its gas from Norway.
Belgium is by far the most similar country to France. It is just to its north and even has been part of France in the past. Approximately half of the country speaks French natively, although the other half speaks Dutch. The country is mostly Catholic, but its people are not especially religious, like France.
France, as a neighbouring country and founding member of the European Union (EU), is a priority partner of Swiss foreign policy. Relations between the two countries are governed by numerous bilateral treaties as well as by a series of agreements concluded between Switzerland and the EU.