Swedish contributions to UNHCR
Sweden is one of UNHCR’s most important strategic partners and a generous donor. In 2023, Sweden provided USD 137.3 million to UNHCR, making it our fifth biggest government donor and eighth biggest donor per capita. Sweden is UNHCR’s biggest multi-year donor of unearmarked funding, and in 2023, USD 85.2 million of Sweden’s overall funding was unearmarked.
Facts about Sweden as a donor:
- In 2023, Sweden provided important support to UNHCR’s Earthquake Emergency Response in Türkiye and Syria.
- In 2023, Sweden also supported UNHCR’s response to the Ukraine situation, the Sudan situation and the South Sudan situation.
- Sweden strongly focuses on special protection and assistance measures to support women and girls affected by crisis.
- Sweden’s unearmarked and flexible support allows UNCR to respond rapidly to emergencies, as well as continue protecting forcibly displaced people in protracted and forgotten crises.
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2022 in review: Sweden as a Donor
Empowering women and girls with support from Sweden
Support from Sweden enables our humanitarian colleagues to assist displaced people worldwide.
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Swedish Minister visits the world’s largest refugee settlement
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Mr. Per Olsson Fridh, visits Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Nordic and Baltic countries pledge important support for refugee education
From the Global Refugee Forum: Learn more about some of the Nordic and Baltic commitments aimed at enabling more refugees to go to school.
Stories from the Field: “My daily work is about finding practical ways for people to live independent lives in safety and dignity”
An interview with our Swedish colleague Karolina Lindholm Billing in Beirut, Lebanon.