Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Sweden Rebuilds Total Defence to Make Deterrence Credible

Sweden is rebuilding total defence around the premise that military deterrence is credible only if the society behind it can keep operating under attack. Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin argues that resilient energy, communications, healthcare, supply chains, businesses and households are necessary to sustain a war effort and counter coercion below the threshold of open conflict. He presents the programme as Sweden’s contribution to NATO: not a claim on allied protection, but a capacity to provide security in the High North.