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Sweden to Begin Stockpiling Food for First Time Since Cold War
The government will invest $60 million to create grain reserves in northern counties to ensure food security and support total defence against armed threats.
- On Tuesday, Sweden will set up its first emergency grain stocks in the north and launch a tender on October 15 for Norrbotten, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland and Jamtland, with Stockholm investing 575 million kronor.
- Following Russia's actions, Sweden revived its total defence strategy in 2015 after Crimea and added measures post-2022 invasion; northern counties depend entirely on grain from southern Sweden, creating vulnerability.
- The Swedish Board of Agriculture said the state will ensure emergency grain stocks have regular turnover to prevent perishability, estimating 90 to 95 percent survival and 3,000 calories per person per day.
- Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said `It is no coincidence that it is here the first steps are being taken towards establishing emergency grain stocks, which essentially is about ensuring that the population can put food on the table even in times of crisis.`
- The idea is to mobilise all of society to resist armed aggression, with authorities, citizens and businesses supporting a 575 million kronor investment commitment for food resilience.
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The bread and products based on cereals have a high energy content and according to the Swedish Agency for Agriculture between 90% and 95% of the population of Sweden could only feed on cereals for three months without suffering food shortages.
The Swedish government has decided to build reserve grain reserves for the northern regions of the country, which may find themselves cut off in the event of war or armed conflict.
The first emergency grain storage facilities are to be established in northern Sweden. The government believes that the area is of military strategic importance and is a particular priority for total defense. “The population should be able to put food on the table even in times of crisis,” says Minister for Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M).
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