Cooperation across borders

Working towards ensuring cleaner and safer seas is an immense task that requires collaboration between multiple players. The sea is a prime concern for everyone, and the Swedish Coast Guard works very closely with other authorities, organisations and countries.

National cooperation

By way of example, the Swedish Coast Guard works closely with the Police, Customs and the Swedish Transport Agency. On behalf of other authorities, the Swedish Coast Guard also dives to look for missing persons and dumped contraband, and makes inspections of the sea bed following a shipwreck. We also conduct air observations and aerial photography used in search and rescue and in a range of investigations.

International cooperation

The Swedish Coast Guard also works closely with other countries and international organisations for the development of border protection, crime combating and environmental protection. Extensive work on the marine environment is performed in cooperation with the Baltic countries in the Helsinki Commission, with the North Sea countries in the Bonn Agreement and with the Nordic countries in the Copenhagen Agreement.

Frontex

The Swedish Coast Guard also participates regularly in international border control operations within Frontex, which is the organisation that promotes operational cooperation at the EU's external borders.

BSRBCC

The Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (BSRBCC) is a partnership between the countries of the Baltic Sea, Norway and Iceland, which aims to simplify procedures for cooperation in border control between the countries.

NACGF

The North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF) is a partnership between 18 coast guard organisations from countries around the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea which is working to create effective cross-border cooperation in areas such as drug trafficking, illegal migration, environmental protection, fisheries monitoring, maritime safety and search and rescue.