Fredrik Reinfeldt News

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt pose during the arrival party for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Malmo Arena Hall in Malmo May 18, 2013.

PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT: Okay, warmly welcome. It's a great pleasure for me to welcome Secretary of State John Kerry to Sweden and Stockholm only a few months after his appointment.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks, during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, not pictured, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

A new U.S. strategy for the Arctic region has gotten a lukewarm response from a think tank that says the plan amounts to a "lengthy wish list" with few specifics.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to the media at the State Department in Washington May 10, 2013.

Secretary Kerry will travel to Stockholm, Sweden, on May 14, where he will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Bildt to discuss the Arctic Council, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and other issues of global importance.

Political leaders in Sweden and elsewhere could do themselves and women a favour by sticking to the facts when beating the drum for gender equality, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji .