Swedish aid freeze paves way for Norway to grab position as largest Nordic donor

News October 28, 2022 / By: Bjørn H Amland

With aid spending locked at SEK 56 billion annually for the next three years, Sweden may be about to lose its position as the top Nordic donor. The Swedish and Norwegian economies are now neck and neck. Depending on the outcome of budget negotiations in Oslo, Norway could end up as a larger donor than Sweden next year.

Åkesson and Lysbakken.jpg — Audun Lysbakken (left), head of the Socialist Left Party which is pushing in budget negotiations to keep Norwegian aid at 1% of GNI (Photo: Åsmund Holien Mo/ SV) Jimmie Åkesson’s Sweden Democrats achieved cuts in Swedish aid (Photo: Riksdagen)

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Swedish aid freeze paves way for Norway to grab position as largest Nordic donor

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