Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of NATO after it completed the accession process in Washington on 7th March 2024.
- The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022.
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that unity and solidarity would be Sweden’s guiding lights.
- For NATO, the two newly members Sweden and Finland – which shares a 1,340 km border with Russia – are the most significant additions in decades.
- Sweden’s flag will be raised alongside those of the other 31 Allies in a ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels on 11 March 2024, and simultaneously at NATO commands across Europe and North America.
