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A public agency that promotes interest and trust in Sweden around the world.

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What is Sweden known for?

How are we rated in comparison with other countries? The Swedish Institute gathers knowledge about the image of Sweden abroad and monitors international trends.

SI Stories

In this series we portray individuals who have been taking part in our programs, scholarships, or other areas of our operation, to shed light on how SI aims to contribute to personal and societal development.

Celebration of 64 gender advocates

Today, 64 young civil society leaders were celebrated in an online diploma ceremony, as they graduated from the Swedish Institute’s leadership programme SI Leader Lab 2021. From March to June…

Democracy

Eight winners honoured with the Young Courage Award 2021

For the first time, Sweden’s Raoul Wallenberg Academy, in collaboration with the Swedish Institute and Swedish embassies, is honouring eight courageous young people with the international Young Courage Award. The…

Talk on design as key for a sustainable shift at new Swedish design festival

Southern Sweden Design Days is Sweden’s new international design event. The very first edition of the festival takes place in Malmö on May 27-30. Swedish Design Movement contributes with a…

Meet the Global Swedes of 2021

The Global Swede award is awarded to active, committed and enthusiastic students who are excellent in areas closely related to innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship and shown that they are great…

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Leadership programmes

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Leadership programmes

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Leadership programmes

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Leadership programmes

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