Overview
- India and Sweden elevated ties to a Strategic Partnership on Sunday in Gothenburg, adopting a Joint Action Plan for 2026–2030 and launching a Joint Innovation Partnership 2.0 plus a Technology and AI Corridor.
- The upgraded framework targets green transition, deeper defence-industrial production in India, and emerging tech such as AI, with a stated aim to double bilateral trade within five years.
- Modi pitched India to European CEOs at the European Round Table for Industry in Gothenburg, urging investment in manufacturing, clean energy and digital infrastructure tied to an India–EU trade push.
- After Monday’s departure from Sweden, Modi arrived in Oslo for the first Indian prime ministerial visit to Norway in 43 years, with talks set with PM Jonas Gahr Støre, a business and research summit, and the India–Nordic Summit on Tuesday.
- The Nordic outreach builds on new Europe trade frameworks, including the reported India–EU free trade deal and the India–EFTA pact, with Norwegian officials flagging planned cooperation in digital public goods, health and space.