[1][2] On 12 November 1920,[3] Swedish Foreign Minister Count Herman Wrangel informed the Hungarian government of King in Council's decision to resume official relations with Hungary.

[4] On 16 February 1921, Minister Oskar Ewerlöf [sv] presented his credentials to Miklós Horthy, the Regent of Hungary.

Björn von Sydow, who was the Swedish defence minister in Göran Persson's government between 1997 and 2002 took a formal visit in Budapest in 1996.

[citation needed] After the revolutions of 1989 and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Hungary and Sweden saw fit to join several of the same intergovernmental organisations.

[6][7][8] The Hungarian government submitted the relevant documents to the National Assembly in July, but the latter declined to process the request before it was prorogued for the year.

[11] The Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, stated in November that he expected parliament to ratify Swedish accession when they reconvene in mid-February.

[12] On the 29th of March, 2023, the spokesman for Orbán, Zoltán Kovács, wrote on his blog a list of grievances that needed to be addressed before Sweden’s admission could be ratified.

[14] On 20 December 2001, Hungary signed a contract with the Swedish Government in order to lease 14 JAS 39 Gripens, for 12 years beginning in 2006.