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Defence and security policy in the Nordics — covered as one region.

Nordic Defence Sector is the independent news platform for defence and security policy in the Nordics — written for those who shape the decisions, not for those who comment on them.

Publisher Nordic Defence Sector ABReg. no 559546-5310Responsible publisher Anton Thynell

Our mission

What we do — and why it must be done independently.

Nordic Defence Sector was founded in 2023 as the first platform dedicated to covering defence and security policy in the Nordics as a coherent region — not as four separate national stories.

We cover the defence industry, military capabilities, NATO cooperation and security policy developments in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Our readership is those who work in the sector: decision-makers in ministries and agencies, defence industry leadership, parliamentarians, officers and analysts.

The editorial team works independently of political parties, government agencies and commercial interests. The journalism is financed through clearly declared partnerships — never through editorial influence from any of those parties.

Geographic coverage

Four countries. One security order.

When Sweden orders ammunition from a Finnish supplier, when Norway integrates a sensor on a Danish frigate, when NATO establishes a planning element in Finland — these are not four stories. They are one. We cover it that way.

Defence industryProcurementNATO & alliance policyLand · Sea · Air · CyberSecurity policyResearch & technologyPersonnel & recruitment

Defence Wiki

The sector's dictionary — curated by the editorial team, linked in every article.

The defence sector speaks in acronyms. A single article can contain FMV, NSM, JSF, CV90, NATO ACO and EDF — and assume the reader knows what each term means.

Defence Wiki is our solution. An editorially curated reference work of the terms, agencies, systems and programmes that recur in Nordic defence coverage. Hover over a term — the definition appears. Click — you land in the in-depth entry.

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Country · Sweden · Procurement

FMV orders CV90 ammunition for SEK 1.7 billion

FMV has signed a framework agreement with BAE Hägglunds for the delivery of medium-weight ammunition systems for the CV90. The contract runs to 2028.

System · Combat vehicle · SE·NO·FI·DK·CH·NL

CV90 / Combat Vehicle 90

Splinter-protected tracked combat vehicle developed by BAE Hägglunds in Örnsköldsvik from the late 1980s. Operational in eight countries.

Related BAE Hägglunds Strf 90 FMV

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Advisory board

Strategic guidance · no editorial mandate

Our advisory board consists of senior representatives from the defence industry, military leadership, academia and security policy analysis across the Nordics. It contributes strategic guidance on what we should cover — but has no editorial mandate over individual articles.

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Henrik Graff-Hedberg

Advisory Board Member

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Mats Warstedt

Advisory Board Member

Editorial responsibility

Press ethics & independence

Nordic Defence Sector follows the press ethics rules and the Code of Ethics for Press, Radio and Television. Our full editorial policy describes how we handle sources, conflicts of interest, corrections and the relationship with partners and advertisers. Editorial independence is kept separate from the business.

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