Polish Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz thanked Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson for the decision.
"Thank you for your support. We are working for our security. Together, we are stronger," he posted on X on Wednesday.
Jonson said the deployment was intended to strengthen NATO’s integrated air and missile defence system and protect a logistics hub supporting Ukraine in southeastern Poland.
He said the decision was prompted by the difficult security situation and repeated violations of NATO airspace.
Outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who leads Sweden's caretaker government following the September 13 parliamentary election, said closer cooperation with NATO allies strengthens the security of Sweden, Europe and the entire NATO alliance.
He said Sweden had prioritised cooperation in the Nordic-Baltic region and with Poland over the past four years.
The Gripens will be based mainly in Sweden, with a small operational presence maintained in Poland, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Swedish Gripens patrolled Polish airspace from April to August last year, operating from the northern Polish city of Malbork as part of NATO Air Policing.
That mission also involved protecting a logistics hub for Western aid to Ukraine near the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów. It was the first mission of this kind by the Swedish armed forces after Sweden joined NATO in 2024.
In early September, several dozen Swedish air force personnel involved in the previous mission received Polish Army Medals at the Polish embassy in Stockholm.
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Source: PAP