WATCH: Gripen fighter jets escort PM Modi’s plane as he enters Sweden on two-day visit

In a rare gesture of honour, Swedish Gripen fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plane as he entered Sweden on May 17-18 at the invitation of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

According to the video shared by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the advanced Gripen fighter jets are seen escorting PM Modi’s plane in the sky before landing in Gothenburg.

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Modi is visiting Gothenburg, Sweden at the invitation of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

The Prime Minister arrived in Sweden on the third leg of his five-nation tour. He has already visited the UAE and the Netherlands and is scheduled to travel to Norway and Italy next.

“This ultimate gesture of honour and protocol sets the stage for a historic visit, highlighting the deep diplomatic ties and growing defence partnership between India and Sweden,” the BJP wrote on X.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, PM Modi will hold bilateral talks with PM Kristersson to review the entire gamut of bilateral relations and explore new avenues of cooperation to enhance bilateral trade, which has reached USD 7.75 billion (2025), and Swedish FDI into India which has reached USD 2.825 billion (2000 – 2025), as well as collaboration in green transition, AI, emerging technologies, startups, resilient supply chains, defence, space, climate action and people-to-people ties.

The two Prime Ministers will also address the European Round Table for Industry, a leading pan-European business leaders forum, along with H.E. Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

This is Prime Minister Modi’s second state visit to Sweden. He had earlier visited Sweden in 2018 for the first-ever India-Nordic Summit.