The ceremony for the raising of the Swedish flag at NATO headquarters will take place on Monday, March 11, according to the NATO website. “On Monday, 11 March 2024, a flag-raising ceremony to mark the accession of the Kingdom of Sweden to NATO will take place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels,” the announcement said. During the ceremony, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will address the press. Sweden’s accession to NATO In 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sweden applied for NATO membership. Turkiye and Hungary were initially …