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Sweden Will Consider Ways to Limit Energy Use If Iran War Continues, Government Says

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also said that Swedish economy is now in a worse scenario that it was before the Iran war.
Sweden Will Consider Ways to Limit Energy Use If Iran War Continues, Government Says
Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson speaks at a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Dec. 19, 2024. Johanna Geron/Reuters
Victoria Friedman
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Sweden may need to consider options to reduce energy consumption, including rationing, if the disruption to the flow of fuel supplies continues as a result of the Iran war, the country’s prime minister and finance minister said on on April 23.

“We are not planning any rationing right now, but we are prepared for it to happen,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference, according to Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet.

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