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Sweden has announced it will begin stockpiling food and agricultural supplies for the first time since the Cold War, citing what officials describe as a growing threat from Russia. Moscow has rejected the claims, insisting it poses no danger to any NATO or EU country.
The Swedish Board of Agriculture said Tuesday it will create emergency reserves of grain and other key supplies to ensure citizens have access to sufficient food “in the event of a serious crisis and, in extreme cases, war.” The government has allocated about $57 million in its 2026 budget to fund the program.
The first storage facilities will be built in the north of the country due to its "strategic military importance" and low level of self-sufficiency in grain, according to Civil Protection Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin, who said there was "no time to waste."
The new stocks will be accumulated during the period 2026-2028. The Board of Agriculture said the goal is to guarantee food supplies equivalent to 3,000 calories per person per day during a state of heightened alert.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in neighboring Finland have said they will conduct underground exercises next month to practice working under wartime conditions, similarly citing an alleged threat from Russia.
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