[…] All Nordic countries have bilateral defense agreements with several states, but for all the most significant are their agreements with USA. These agreements, while different, have in common that they facilitate the reception of military reinforcement in crisis and conflict, including measures such as infrastructure establishment, pre-positioning of equipment, and training/exercises. The agreements also provide legal frameworks for U.S. forces when they deploy for training, exercises, or other activities. Apart from Iceland and Denmark (Greenland), no Nordic country host permanent stationing of military units from USA or any other allied nations.
In December 2023, both Denmark, Finland and Sweden signed bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreements (DCAs) with USA. In 2022, the United States and Norway entered into a similar agreement, the Supplementary Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDCA), as a follow-on to previous agreements such as Invictus, COB, and MCPP-N. Through the (S)DCAs, all four countries have designated specific base/site facilities for use by U.S. forces. Finland and Sweden have designated 15 and 17 sites, respectively, while Denmark has designated 3 and Norway 4 sites. However, the SDCA agreement between Norway and USA has an opening to increase of the number of DCA related sites/bases. The government recently proposed 8 new DCA sites, bringing the total up to 12 in Norway. In addition, Norway also has other facilities related to previous agreements to preposition equipment from the U.S. Marine Corps. Läs artikel