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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R), applaud during the NATO ratification ceremony at the US State Department, as Sweden formally joins the North ...
Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its last hurdle when Hungary gave its go-ahead Monday to let the Nordic country into the alliance. It brought an end to ...
Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment with major ...
Sweden has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 7 March 2024. [1]Before applying for NATO membership, Sweden had maintained a policy of neutrality in military affairs since the Napoleonic Wars, after which Sweden adopted a policy of "non-alignment in peace and neutrality in war".
Sweden brings to the table well-trained and -equipped armed forces. The country has been working in close partnership with NATO during military exercises over the years, and even more since Russia's all-out war began. Sweden also meets NATO's defense spending target of 2% of gross domestic product.
Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its next-to-last hurdle when Turkey’s parliament gave its go-ahead to let the Nordic country into the alliance. All ...
Most NATO countries approved Sweden's bid quickly after its application in May 2022 but Turkey and Hungary delayed the process, unhappy with Sweden's perceived support for Kurdish separatists and ...
Sweden’s defense spending has rapidly increased in recent years, and is on track to meet NATO’s 2 percent of GDP target this year—defense spending was 60 billion crowns (~$5.8 billion) in ...