Sweden, Finland’s About-Face on NATO Membership Was Years in the Making

Sweden and Finland stunned NATO members last year with their applications to join the bloc, but already they are slotting smoothly into the military alliance

ByFinland became the 31st member of NATO in a historic expansion of the alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

WSJ’s Sune Engel Rasmussen explains what this accession means for the bloc and security in Europe. Photo: Thomas Trutschel/Zuma Press/Johanna Geron, but already they are slotting smoothly into the military alliance.Continue reading your article with

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