LAKENHEATH INTERNATIONAL PEACE CAMP SPEECH AT DEMONSTRATION -4TH OF APRIL 2026
Ajankohtaista
4.4.2026
Ulla Klötzer
Lakenheath International Peace Camp speech at demonstration –
4th of April 2026
Ulla Klötzer – Women for Peace – Women Against Nuclear Power – active in Global Women for Peace United Against NATO (GWUAN)
Finland and Sweden are the newest NATO members
(F 2023 – S 2024).
– Finland: NATOs border with Russia doubled as Finland joined.
1.300 km – 830 miles
– As NATO Member, Finland Could Have Nuclear Weapons 965 km – 600
from Kremlin
On top of that all Nordic countries have signed Defence Cooperartion Agreements (DCA) with the US.
Norway 2022, Finland Sweden and Denmark 2023.
– Altogether the Nordic countries will have 47 US bases in our region.
Finland 15, Sweden 17, Norway 12, Denmark 3.
– Under the U.S.- Finland Defense Cooperation Agreement DCA), Finland is opening areas for U.S. troops, training, and equipment storage.
NATO – bases in Finland
– Mikkeli: NATO Northern Land Command Headquarters
– Rovaniemi/Sodankylä: NATO Forward Land Forces (FLF) and Multinational Staff Element (MNSE) (in Northern Finland – Arctic Sea region)
– Tampere/Pirkkala: NATO drone base
NATO – bases in Sweden
– Sweden will host a NATO logistics headquarters in the town
of Enköping (2027), northwest of Stockholm, for troop
movements in Northern Europe.
NATO – bases in Norway (NATO founding member)
– NATO maintains a significant strategic presence in Norway, focusing on Arctic security, maritime surveillance, and rapid response.
Key Installations in Northern regions 7 different places.
NATO – bases in Denmark (NATO founding member)
– Karup Air Base/Jutland (hosting Multinational Division North). And several locations in Greenland, including the critical Pituffik Space Base
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
– Finland – the government has prepared a new Nuclear Energy law that opens up for nuclear weapons on Finnish soil.
The law will most likely be discussed in parliament this spring, most likely already end of April.
The governing parties have a majority in the Parliament so the chances for the proposal to be rejected are almost none.
But we will not give up. We are collecting international signatures against the proposal.
Till today we have 12 international organisations (IPB, WBW etc) and some 130 country based organisations from some 30 countries.
We have parliament elections in April next year (2027).
All opinion polls today show that the support for the governing parties is
diminishing. If we would get a so called red/green coalition government we would start pushing them for changing the law again.
– Sweden – is considering allowing the stationing of nuclear weapons on its territory in wartime to enhance security following its NATO accession, say reports from Feb 2026.
While maintaining no nuclear arms in peacetime, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed in early 2026 that Sweden is discussing nuclear deterrence with France and the UK.
– Denmark – is undergoing a significant security policy shift, with a new
strategic agreement on nuclear weapons cooperation with France, marking a departure from its traditional stance in regard to storing or deploying nuclear weapons on Danish soil and reflecting a shift towards European defense cooperation.
Denmark’s new approach involves deeper cooperation with France, rather than solely relying on the US NATO umbrella.
– Norway – beginning of March (2026) the foreign minister Espen Barth Eide stated that Norway is willing to start talks with Paris on how French nuclear weapons can contribute to the continent’s security.
He said Norway is ready to discuss this within the framework of a partnership agreement with France. But the nuclearpolicy remains firm.
Norway will not have nuclear weapons on its soil in peacetime.
FINALLY
Finland and Sweden were – what comes to their neutrality status- the last missing pieces in the big US/NATO military chessboard.
We were badly needed to protect the Eastern border, the Baltic Sea and the Arctic region.
Thus the US led proxy war in Ukraine that started with the Maidan coup in 2014 – which slowly but steadily led to the Ukraine war (Minsk Treaties)- was the perfect start for bringing the stubborn Finns and Swedes into NATO.
And so happened when Russia finally stated that Ukraine had crossed the red line by its intentions to join NATO – and the invasion was a fact.
The Ukraine war is the result of all the Western broken promises to Russia.
At the famous meeting between Western leaders and the Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US foreign minister James Baker in February 1990, Baker said about NATO – “not one inch eastward”.
Since then the members have grown from 16 to 32.
And the expansion went eastwards.
And that’s what we are now – Finland on the front line in a possible war with Russia
