Sweden and the United States have signed a first-ever defence cooperation

[Glidepath]

www. thelocal.se:
"Sweden and the United States have signed a first-ever defence cooperation agreement to permit bilateral exercises and strengthen military ties even before the Scandinavian country joins Nato. Advertisement US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the agreement with Swedish Defence..........."

read the rest there or on other news websites.

Pending the go ahead from certain hesitant NATO member(s), NATO to-be candidate / partner Sweden has now some added security.
or in-house targets, depending on how one perceive this all.

[hammarö]

The Swedish military bases who is part of the defence agreement between the USA and Sweden;

Berga (Stockholm): Regimental area and exercise area.
Boden (north): Regimental area and exercise area.
Halmstad (south): Regimental area (air defence and Patriot) and air base flottilj (specially engineer forces).
Härnösand (central north): Exercise area and harbor.
Kiruna (north): Military camp for arctic warfre and exercie area with own airfield.
Kristinehamn (central Sweden): Regimental area and exercise field (artillery).
Kvarn (central Sweden): Military camp and exercise area (ground defence).
Luleå Kallax (north): Flottilj area - air base area.
Ravlunda (south): Military camp and exercise area (ground area).
Revingehed (south): Regimental area.
Ronneby (south): Flottilj area - air base area.
Såtenäs (central Sweden): Flottilj area - air base area.
Uppsala (central Sweden): Flottilj area - air base area.
Vidsel (north): Airport and research- and evaluation area.
Visby (south east): Regimental area and exercies area. Airbase.
Älvdalen (central north): Military camp and exercies area.
Östersund (central North):Military camp and exerces area.

[Starman]

Well I guess it's good news but, A, it's 30 years too late for Viggens at Red Flag & B, what will the colonials make of Smorgasbord?