After the disaster of switching to a professional army, the debate in Sweden centres around resurrecting conscription or joining NATO as a way to fix the problem. This presentation looks at the joining NATO option.

1. Sweden join NATO?

2. Overview
• Article 5
• Article 3
• EU battle groups
• Neutrality as a defence
• Sweden and NATO

3. Article 5
• The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in
Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all
and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each
of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence
recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist
the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and
in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary,
including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of
the North Atlantic area.
• Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall
immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall
be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures
necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.

4. Article 3
• In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty,
the Parties, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and
effective self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their
individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack.
• NATO is a collective defence organisation
• Every member contributes their defence to the alliance.

5. EU battle groups
• Nordic Battle group
• Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway.
• Other Battle groups
• Includes other NATO countries such as Germany and UK

6. Neutrality as a defence
• Netherlands 1940
• British / French invasion plans for Sweden 1940
• German invasion plans for Sweden 1942/43
• Invasion of Ukraine 2013

7. Sweden and NATO
• If Sweden joins:
• It will need to build up it's
defence. 2% GDP (BNP)
• Standardise with NATO
• If Sweden doesn't join NATO:
• It will need to build up it's
defence. 2% GDP (BNP)
• Standardise with NATO