[3] Folke Bernadotte, a Swede, was a United Nations mediator in the Arab–Israeli conflict and put forward a peace plan before he was assassinated by the Zionist group Lehi in 1948 who accused him of favoring the Arabs.

[4] During the 1980s, Sweden also mediated the US's lifting of the ban on holding direct talks with the PLO.

[5] In October 2014, Sweden recognised Palestinian statehood after the Social Democratic Party won a plurality in the 2014 general election.

[6] Palestinians and their supporters welcomed Sweden's decision, viewing it as a significant step towards achieving international recognition for Palestine.

[7] In 2022, the Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström called the 2014 Palestine Recognition 'Premature and Unfortunate’.