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Sweden

Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995.

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  • EU member
  • Schengen

Relationship with the EU

  1. 1 January 1995Joined
  2. 25 March 2001Full Schengen membership

Same enlargement wave · Fourth enlargement (1995)

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards111

Eurostat, 2025. Scale 0 to 260.

Share of the EU population2.3 %

Eurostat, 1 January 2026.

Milestones

  1. 5 May 1949Founding member of the Council of Europe. archive.org
  2. 3 May 1960Founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). europa.eu
  3. 1994Referendum on EU membership: 52.3% yes. europarl.europa.eu
  4. 1 January 1995Joins the European Union. europa.eu
  5. 2003Referendum on adopting the euro (rejected): 42.0% yes. europarl.europa.eu
  6. 7 March 2024Joins NATO. nato.int

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