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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".
NATO in 2025 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
This is a list of heritage NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated 19 February 2004, and effective 1 April 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Additional codes cover gaps in the ISO coverage, deal ...
All existing NATO countries must give their approval before a new member can join the alliance. ... Sweden’s top military commander Gen. Micael Bydén said all Swedes should mentally prepare for ...
Sweden, along with Finland, which joined NATO last year, both abandoned long-standing military neutrality that was a hallmark of the Nordic states’ Cold War foreign policy after Russia invaded ...
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 ...
Country Active military Reserve military Paramilitary Total Per 1,000 capita (total) ... Sweden: 29,750 0 21,200 50,950 5.1 3 [143] Switzerland: 19,550 196,450 0
Swedish neutrality with its shift to military non-alignment was seen as being adjusted to the changing international environment. [47] Russia’s invasion in Ukraine caused Sweden to apply for NATO membership in 2022, and thus Sweden is no longer considered a military non-aligned state. [48] and Sweden became a member of NATO on 7 March 2024. [49]