”I have spoken with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen this afternoon after the drone attack that forced Denmark to close Kastrup for security reasons,” writes Kristersson on X.
He also confirms that Sweden already has anti-drone systems around several airports.
”We in Sweden are on our guard, and regardless of which or what actors are behind these airspace violations on NATO's territory, our message is crystal clear: Sweden has the right to defend its airspace, with force if necessary, and we will defend it,” writes the Prime Minister.
Ready to act
On Tuesday morning, a meeting was held between the Swedish police and the border police unit where they received information about the incident, reports Expressen.
One is following this together with Norway and Denmark to get a picture of the situation with the information they have about last night's events, says Rebecca Landberg, press spokesperson at the Stockholm police, to the newspaper.
According to Landberg, who was at the meeting, the police are always ready to act if similar situations were to occur at Arlanda airport.
The Security Service is taciturn and can neither confirm nor deny cooperation with Denmark.
But in general, we often cooperate both nationally and internationally on various issues, but we very rarely comment on individual cases, says Karl Melin at the Security Service's press office to TT.
There is preparedness
Ellen Laurin, deputy press chief at Swedavia, says in an email that they “have preparedness for events at our airports and cooperate with the police and relevant authorities in these matters”.
It was late on Monday that several drones flew in over Copenhagen Airport Kastrup and stopped traffic for around four hours. The airport reopened just after midnight. Over 30 flights and around 20,000 passengers were affected by delays.
