Philippines–Sweden relations refers to

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between the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Diplomatic missions

Diplomatic relations between Sweden and the Philippines were established in 1947. Sweden and the Philippines are both represented by a resident embassy. However both embassies were closed for a certain period. Sweden closed its embassy

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

in 2008, but it was re-opened in 2016. The Philippines on their part closed its embassy in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

in 2012 due to economic restraints but reopened it in 2020. During this period the Philippines has represented by a non resident ambassador in Oslo, Norway. The Philippines has a non resident ambassador in

Economic relations

In 2016, 70 delegates from 28 Swedish firms arrived in Manila to look for investments in the country. Among them were home appliance manufacturer Electrolux,

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, H&M and Swedish Match, which develops tobacco and light products. Sweden ranked as the Philippines' 43rd largest trading partner, with the total amount of bilateral trade reaching out more than US$143.40 million. In 2021, the Swedish multinational conglomerate,

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opened its largest store in Manila.

Agreements

In 2015, the two countries signed a social security agreement which coordinates the general Swedish and Philippine systems for old-age, survivors’ and disability pensions.

Migration to Sweden

There are more than 13,000 Filipinos in Sweden most of them are overseas workers.

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