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Johan Matz
Sweden’s donations and exports of arms to Ukraine since theoutbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War on 24 February 2022 areunique in two respects. First, more than 80 years have passedsince Sweden last donated arms to a country at war, i.e. toFinland in the wake of the Soviet attack on 30 November 1939.Second, donating arms and granting arms exports licenses withthe ultimate purpose of furthering goals of foreign affairs, in theform seen here, represents a decidedly new element to Sweden’sarms exports policy. Moreover, in contrast to the donations toFinland, where the role of the Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag,was limited to that of ex-post monitoring, the Riksdag has beeninvolved with the decision making on 12 out of the 19 donationsmade since the war’s outbreak. This article looks deeper into theorganization of the Riksdag’s decision making on the donations.It also addresses the Riksdag’s role as an organ of oversight withregard to three issues linked to the donations and arms exportsto Ukraine, namely, firstly, the exports of arms to a country atwar; secondly, the logistics and counterintelligence of the armsdeliveries; and, thirdly, the risk of arms diversion
