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Map of NATO in Europe: ... Atlantic Treaty Organization now covers a total area of 27,580,492 km 2 (10,648,887 sq mi), since the accession of Sweden on 7 March 2024.
English: Ratification map for the accession of Sweden to NATO. Countries that have ratified Sweden's accession to NATO are shown in yellow. Allied countries that haven't yet ratified Sweden's accession to NATO are shown in red.
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 and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 05:26, 17 April 2023: 616 × 247 (347 KB): Wollers14: Added Gotland since the island belongs to Sweden: 19:31, 5 April 2023
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 ...
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 ...
Russia's invasion drove Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership. In June 2022, Putin said their membership wasn't a problem for Russia, but Ukraine's membership is a "completely different thing" because of "territorial disputes". [195]