Sweden’s annual preparedness week reinforces one-week household readiness
Sweden’s civil-defence agency reports that the tenth annual preparedness week ran from 21 to 27 September 2026. Its theme repeated the 2025 message that everyone is part of total defence, and the campaign page reiterates a week of household readiness without public assistance.
What changed
An annual awareness campaign, not a newly announced one-week rule. The agency explicitly describes the campaign as taking an all-hazards approach rather than responding to a particular current event.
Who this is for
Residents of Sweden reached by local authorities, civil-society organisations and other participants in the annual preparedness week.
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