A Defense Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Sweden, signed on 5 December 2023, setting the legal framework for US forces' presence and activities at agreed facilities and areas in Sweden.
Un arrangement symétrique : il se lit de la même façon des deux côtés. Rédigé une seule fois, sur une seule fiche.
L’arrangement
- Statut
- ActiveEn vigueur et opérationnelle. Ne dit rien de la manière dont elle fonctionne, ni de la direction qu’elle prend.
- Ce qu’il couvre
- DéfenseStationnementJuridique et conventionnelCatégories que l’arrangement est documenté comme incluant. Ce n’est pas une mesure : une relation qui en couvre davantage est décrite plus en détail, non tenue plus fermement.
Synthèse
The United States and Sweden signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement on 5 December 2023, three months before Sweden became NATO's thirty-second member. Like the agreements the United States signed with Finland and Denmark the same month, it sets the legal terms under which US forces may be present at and use agreed facilities and areas, supplementing the NATO status-of-forces arrangements. It is an access framework, not a stationing decision: the agreement says where US forces may operate, not that any are there.
Pourquoi c’est important
The three Nordic agreements of December 2023 put the northern approaches on the same legal footing the United States has with Poland and Romania. For a reinforcement system, whether forces can legally operate from a place is settled before any crisis, and these instruments are where it was settled for Sweden.
Accords
- US-Sweden Defense Cooperation Agreement · signé le 2023-12-05
Signed in Washington. Its entry into force and the list of agreed facilities are not carried here.
Événements associés
- La Suède adhère à l’Alliance 7 mars 2024
Political · Diplomatic · Territorial change
Ce qui reste inconnu
- The agreed facilities and areas are not enumerated. Base locations are governed by this module's sensitivity rules and are not authored from this agreement.
- The date of entry into force was not read for this pass.
- No US presence in Sweden is recorded on the strength of the agreement; access is not stationing.
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Évalué au — 2023-12-05 Dernière revue — 2026-10-29