Sweden and Canada: distant neighbours, but closer than you think

Sweden and Canada have served alongside each other in numerous UN peacekeeping missions, including those in Cyprus and the former Yugoslavia, and our development assistance programs aim to help the poorest and most vulnerable around the world, especially women and girls.

Urban Ahlin, Sweden's ambassador to Canada, pictured during an interview with The Hill Times on May 3. In an op-ed, Mr. Ahlin says Sweden and Canada have been collaborating closely in the field of high technology. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO CANADA URBAN AHLIN

May 28, 2019

Distance can be measured in many ways. There’s the obvious distance between any two points on a map or in time. But there’s also that not-so-obvious measurement of the distance between people, countries, and ideas. Sweden an...

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