Sweden Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Orthodoxy as Cover: Russia’s Intelligence Operations Through Church Structures in Northern Europe”

The Church of Sweden has issued a recommendation advising parishes not to host nuns from the Belarusian St. Elisabeth Convent. The warning follows public criticism after a parish in Täby,…

December 2, 2025Russia, Sweden

Conflict Geopolitics

Toward a War-Ready Europe: Strategic Lessons from Sweden’s Security Doctrine

Europe is beginning to understand the necessity of preparing for war with Russia and responding to the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks. This shift reflects growing awareness that Russia’s hybrid operations confirm…

October 20, 2025NATO, Russia, Sweden

Intelligence ops Psyops

Russia keeps influencing over NATO expansion

The public provocative act on burning an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed our previous conclusions that the Quran-burning incident in the Scandinavian countries had been planned and approved by Russian intelligence in order to block Stockholm’s entry into…

October 2, 2023Hungary, NATO, Russia, Sweden, Turkiye

ideology Intelligence ops

Neo-Nazi organizations and radicals as a tool of influence in Scandinavia

Russia continues its subversive operations on the territory of Sweden. Their intensity and variety of influence targets indicate that Moscow is trying to avoid accusations of masterminding them as the…

February 3, 2023Nazi, Russia, Sweden

Intelligence ops Psyops Terrorism

Russian military intelligence operation in Sweden, besides blocking the nation’s NATO membership bid, could raise the level of terrorist threat in the country

Russia has masterminded and organized the effort to destabilize Sweden on religious grounds. The operation aims to hamper Sweden’s NATO integration plans, escalate relations with Muslim countries, and create grounds…

January 24, 2023GRU, NATO, Russia, Sweden, Turkiye

Geopolitics

Alarms that should turn Sweden and Finland to NATO

It is high time for Sweden and Finland to reconsider their neutral status and become a NATO member to support stability and security in Europe. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson…

January 11, 2022Finland, NATO, Sweden

Energy Situation Reports

Sweden and the Baltic countries may receive multi-billion compensation for Russian nuclear waste burial in the Baltic Sea

The bottom of the Baltic Sea may contain nuclear waste burial sites made by the Russian military in the early 1990s. This complements the picture of the dangerous chemical dumping…

December 23, 2019chemical weapon, Nord Stream-2, nuclear weapons, Russia, Sweden

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