Sweden Joins Nato 2025 Timeline. Stockholm (ap) — hungary's parliament approved sweden's application to join nato on monday, paving the way for the scandinavian country to become the alliance's 32nd. While finland joined in april of last year, sweden was kept waiting as both turkey and hungary held up the process.

Once neutral sweden and neighboring finland decided to seek nato membership after russia’s invasion of ukraine in february 2022. Sweden’s accession to nato enhances its.