Sweden Signals It May Have to Follow Finland on Path to NATO

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signaled the Nordic nation was preparing for the possibility of joining NATO after neighboring Finland, following comments from the defense alliance’s chief that a joint entry “isn’t the main question.”

Sweden and Finland’s effort to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been blocked by Turkey’s refusal to ratify their membership bids, with Hungary’s approval also pending. Kristersson’s remarks on Tuesday are the clearest indication yet that a possibility of separate paths to membership is now being accepted by Stockholm, even as the premier said his country has “no other plans.”