Background

The initiative to Sweden-Estonia Cooperation Fund was taken in 2018 by the Swedish Government and presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, in a meeting with her colleagues from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at Skansen in Stockholm the 28th of May 2018.

The motive was to celebrate the centenaries of the three Baltic states and to strengthen the relations, especially between youth, in Sweden and the three Baltic Republics. An interim committee led by the Minister created and established the statutes for all three foundations.

"Promoting contacts between young people in our countries is the main forward-looking purpose of these funds. This is how we want to invest in our common future.” MARGOT WALLSTRÖM  |  FORMER SWEDISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS