This paper explores Sweden’s EU membership using the framework for evaluation introduced by Warleigh-Lack and Murray for ‘awkward’ states in regional integration. The paper examines Sweden’s membership in the European Union using the ideational and material indicators of awkwardness and independent variables (such as relationship with the US; Elite view of state identity; attitude towards regionalisation; internationalisation of state actors; policy preferences; perception of gains; alliance building; and agenda-setting) introduced (Warleigh-Lack and Murray 2014) in order to identify which type of regionalisation that can be applied to the Swedish case.
