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Documented complicity in Sweden

A working list of Swedish contracts, agencies, and procurement decisions that connect the Swedish tech and defense sectors to systems of apartheid, surveillance, and oppression. Every entry links to its public source. Categories are imperfect; some entries fit more than one. Submit corrections to the chapter email.

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Cloud & surveillance

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    Palantir Technologies

    Polismyndigheten (the Swedish Police Authority) has used "Acus", a Swedish-adapted version of Palantir's Gotham platform, for at least five years to combine surveillance and criminal registers with data from Bank-ID, mobile operators, and social media. The Police Authority refuses to confirm or deny the relationship, citing national security.

    Sources

    1. Swedish police secretly using Palantir's surveillance system for years · Nordic Times · 2025-11-04
    2. Skriftlig fråga 2025/26:167: Polisens användning av analys- och underrättelseverktyg · Sveriges riksdag · 2025-11-06

Defense integrators

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    Elbit Systems

    Elbit Systems holds contracts with Försvarets materielverk (FMV) and the Swedish Armed Forces totalling over USD 228M between 2021 and 2024 for software-defined radios (USD 23M, 2021), tank ammunition (USD 27M, 2022), communication shelters (USD 48M, 2023), and the Iron Fist Active Protection System for armoured vehicles (USD 130M, 2024, via BAE Systems).

    Source

    1. Sweden country profile · DIMSE (New Profile) · 2025-02-01

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    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

    Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems supplies Litening targeting pods used by the Swedish Air Force on Gripen fighters; in 2024, Sweden purchased additional Litening 5 pods for USD 36.6M. In 2025, Sweden awarded Rafael a EUR 2 billion contract for Trophy active protection systems on Swedish Leopard tanks.

    Source

    1. Sweden country profile · DIMSE (New Profile) · 2025-02-01

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    Swedish defense procurement (FMV)

    Swedish weapons imports from Israel reached hundreds of millions of SEK in 2024, more than doubling year-on-year. Categories include bombs, grenades and ammunition, radar, camouflage, and chemicals. Aggregate state-level procurement is itself complicity, independent of the specific Israeli vendor.

    Source

    1. Nya siffror: Sverige köper vapen för hundratals miljoner av Israel · ETC · 2025-03-24

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