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Sweden signs NATO request, Finns to formally endorse move

Soldiers from the Swedish Armed Forces stand in formation near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter) President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a joint news conference in Stockholm, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto signs a petition for NATO membership application in Helsinki, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Sweden and Finland on Tuesday pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insisted it won’t let the previously non-aligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants. (Annti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP) President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a joint news conference in Stockholm, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto signs a petition for NATO membership application in Helsinki, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Sweden and Finland on Tuesday pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insisted it won’t let the previously non-aligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants. (Annti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and his wife Jenni Haukio are received by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia at the Royal Stables in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) From left, Prince Daniel, Crown Princess Victoria, Finland's First Lady Jenni Hauki, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, pose at the Royal Castle in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio are paying a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm Tuesday 17 May. Finland's President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will pay a two day long State Visit to Sweden at the invitation of His Majesty The King Carl Gustaf. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinisto's wife Jenni Haukio, left, sits next to Sweden's Queen Silvia as they ride in a horse carriage in central Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Finland's President Niiniste and his wife are on a two-day long state visit to Sweden (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, left, sits next to Sweden's King Carl Gustaf as they ride in a horse carriage in central Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Finland's President Niiniste and his wife Jenni Haukio are on a two-day long state visit to Sweden (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, left, sits next to Sweden's King Carl Gustaf as they ride in a horse carriage in central Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Finland's President Niiniste and his wife Jenni Haukio are on a two-day long state visit to Sweden (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP) Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden signs NATO request, Finns to formally endorse move