The ceremonies will be held next week in Brussels in front of the NATO headquarters.
Sweden will become a NATO member at the end of the week.
The Swedish government announced that the prime minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billström are traveling to Washington today, Wednesday. The government has not stated the exact reason for the trip.
Swedish media according to it, it is about Sweden officially becoming a member of NATO as early as the end of the week. This happens when all member countries have officially accepted Sweden’s membership and its documents are deposited in Washington
In honor of the membership, ceremonies will be held in Brussels where Sweden will be officially accepted into the military alliance and the country’s flag will be raised among the flags of other NATO countries. According to ‘s information, this would probably happen on Monday at noon.
The flag pole for Sweden has been ready for months, but it has taken a long time to get the membership.
Sweden and Finland applied to NATO at the same time, but Sweden’s application stalled for almost a year due to the opposition of Turkey and Hungary. Hungary was the last country to accept Sweden’s membership on Monday last week.
According to Sweden’s TV 4, people travel from Sweden to Brussels for a moment to celebrate key ministers.
Finland has strongly supported Sweden in gaining membership, like all other NATO countries. Sweden’s NATO membership is considered to increase Finland’s security as well.
corrected 6.3. at 16:05: Completed and corrected with information from the Swedish media that the membership will officially take place at the end of the week. Earlier in the article it was said that Sweden will become a member on Monday.