WASHINGTON – NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby completed a visit to Sweden last month as part of her trip to some of the United States’ key Northern European partners. While there, she met with the U.S. ambassador, government ministers, industry, and representatives of civil society groups.

“Sweden has been a friend to the United States in so many areas – nonproliferation, nuclear security, and emergency response first and foremost,” Hruby said. “But Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine has focused us all. Sweden’s assistance there has been invaluable. We are strong supporters of their accession to NATO and hope it happens soon.”

During her visit, she sat down with Political Director and Head of the Directorate-General for Euro-Atlantic and Security Policy Torbjörn Sohlström at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In addition to NATO membership, they discussed nuclear security matters and Sweden’s active engagement in the International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification and Quad Nuclear Verification Partnership, two key collaborations working to provide solutions to nuclear arms control verification challenges.

She also met with Deputy Chief of Mission Mark Evans at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm. One highlight of the discussion was NNSA’s success with measures to address drones flying above its sensitive facilities, an issue Sweden has grappled with recently.

In addition to her meetings with officials, Administrator Hruby also visited the Westinghouse nuclear fuel factory in Västerås, Sweden. The trip also included a visit to Norway.