Sweden is the eighth largest public donor to the Global Fund partnership, with contributions totaling SEK 15.89 billion to date. Sweden is the third most generous on a per capita basis and was one of the first donors to the Global Fund. Sweden’s previous Global Health Ambassador, Anders Nordström, was elected as the Global Fund’s first interim executive director at the first Board Meeting in 2002.
For the Global Fund's Seventh replenishment, covering the period 2023-2025, Sweden pledged SEK 3 billion. Sweden contributed additional funding, SEK 100 million, towards the COVID-19 Response Mechanism in 2020.
Government donor ranking
As of: end 2024
8
Pledges and contributions
Data updated on: 26 April 2025
Cumulative
Total pledged
SEK 16.81 billion
Total contributed
SEK 15.89 billion
Seventh Replenishment (2023-2025)
Total pledged
SEK 3 billion
Total contributed
SEK 2.38 billion
Pledges and contributions by replenishment
Priority Areas of the Partnership
Health is a thematic priority of Sweden’s new reform agenda for development assistance. Sweden prioritizes health promotion and preventive health programs, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), sustainable health care systems and early warning systems for communicable diseases.
The Swedish government is an active supporter and partner to the Global Fund through the P7 constituency. Sweden played an integral part in shaping the Global Fund strategy for 2023–2028, “Fighting Pandemics and Building a Healthier and More Equitable World”. The strategy entails cooperation on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, equal health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. The shared objective is to stop the three diseases as public health threats, contribute to more sustainable health systems in countries and ensure that all people enjoy their basic human rights and gender equality.
The Global Fund plays an important strategic role in realizing Sweden's new reform agenda for development cooperation. Through public-private partnership and focus on transparency and efficiency, poverty alleviation, SRHR and national health system strengthening, the Global Fund’s work is a key player in achieving the goal of improving health for the most vulnerable.
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21 December 2020
Denmark, Norway and Sweden Support Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response By Contributing a Total US$45 million
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03 October 2019
Sweden Steps Up Fight Against Epidemics with Strong Pledge to Global Fund
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15 March 2017
Global Fund Receives Top Marks in Performance Review
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15 September 2015
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