Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist at Finland, Sweden and Norway's defence ministers' media meeting in Loppi, Finland, on August 25, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen and Norwegian Defence Minister Björn Arild Gram at Finland, Sweden and Norway's defence ministers' media meeting in Loppi, Finland, on August 25, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Norwegian Defence Minister Björn Arild Gram, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen and Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist at Finland, Sweden and Norway's defence ministers' media meeting in Loppi, Finland, on August 25, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen and Norwegian Defence Minister Björn Arild Gram at Finland, Sweden and Norway's defence ministers' media meeting in Loppi, Finland, on August 25, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Defence Ministers of Norway, Sweden, and Finland at a media meeting

Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen and Norwegian Defence Minister Björn Arild Gram at Finland, Sweden and Norway's defence ministers' media meeting in Loppi, Finland, on August 25, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS

(220513) -- STOCKHOLM, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde (R) and Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist attend a press conference on a security analysis in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 13, 2022. A security analysis presented by the Swedish parliament on Friday that says a NATO membership would increase security for the Nordic country was questioned by several parties ahead of Sweden's historic decision on whether to be a new member of the trans-Atlantic military bloc. (Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden/Handout via Xinhua)

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS

(220513) -- STOCKHOLM, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde (6th L), Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist (5th L) and other parliamentary party representatives present the result of a security analysis at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 13, 2022. A security analysis presented by the Swedish parliament on Friday that says a NATO membership would increase security for the Nordic country was questioned by several parties ahead of Sweden's historic decision on whether to be a new member of the trans-Atlantic military bloc. (Ninni Andersson/Government Offices of Sweden/Handout via Xinhua)