Both countries border the Baltic Sea and are members of the European Union, the Nordic-Baltic Eight, the Council of Europe and NATO, among other organisations.

[6] This openness was however tainted when 167 interned refugees, most of whom were of Latvian nationality and most of whom had fought on the German side of the war, were extradited by Swedish authorities following Soviet demands.

[9] On July 14, 2022, two months after Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership, the parliament of Latvia unanimously ratified the accession protocols of the two Nordic countries.

[16] In 2014, Carl Gustav and queen Silvia of Sweden visited Latvia, meeting with Latvian president Andris Bērziņš, prime minister Laimdota Straujuma and parliament speaker Solvita Āboltiņa, with the goal of strengthening bilateral relations in the fields of "culture, politics and economy".

[18] In October 2019, the ministers of foreign affairs of Latvia and Sweden met in Riga to discuss Brexit and climate change.