NATO will this week integrate its Nordic nations under the U.S.-based Joint Force Command Norfolk in an effort to improve transatlantic security and boost the alliance’s positioning in the high north, NATO’s top commander Alexus Grynkewich told reporters on Thursday.
Under the new structure, all Nordic countries would fall under the headquarters based in the U.S. port of Norfolk, Virginia, which is oriented towards North Atlantic defence, instead of some countries in the region remaining under NATO’s Brunssum command in the Netherlands, which is responsible for NATO’s northeastern flank. […]
The Norfolk command will be responsible for the Arctic, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Läs artikel