From: Sweden’s engagement in global health: a historical review
1947. Sweden becomes a party to the WHO’s constitution | |
1952. Central Committee for Swedish Technical Assistance to Less Developed Areas (CK) set up | |
1955. Alcohol monopoly Systembolaget founded | |
1955. Universal health insurance introduced in Sweden | |
1956. Introduction of compulsory sexuality education in schools | |
1958. Sweden is the first country to provide development assistance for family planning (to Ceylon) | |
1961. CK is disbanded and replaced with the Agency for International Assistance (NIB) | |
1962. First bill on international development, Government Bill 1962:100, is introduced | |
1965. Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) founded through a reorganisation of NIB. | |
1972. Gender equality is made a formal part of government policy | |
1974. Abortion legal at the woman’s request up to the 18th week. Abortion was made legal in limited circumstances in 1938. | |
1975. Sweden is the first country to meet the 0.7% aid target. | |
1975. Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) is founded. | |
1978. Uppsala Drug Monitoring Centre established | |
1985. The Conference of Experts on the Rational Use of Drugs in Nairobi is convened, pushed in part by Norway and Sweden. | |
1988. 4th International AIDS Conference held in Stockholm | |
1995. Re-organisation of Sweden’s international development work into Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) | |
1995. Sweden joins the EU. | |
2000. GAVI founded, Sweden is one of the six original donors. | |
2002. The Policy for Global Development sets out that all government decisions should take into account poverty and equity | |
2009. Sweden’s presidency of the Council of EU highlights AMR and the need for incentives to develop new antibiotics. | |
2014. Feminist Foreign Policy launched. | |
2015. Sustainable Development Goals adopted. The thematic consultation on health had been co-organised by the Government of Sweden. |