Saab CEO Says Swedish NATO Entry Would Open Door to Inner Circle

Swedish defense group Saab AB is betting on a sales boost from the country’s rapidly changing attitudes toward joining the military alliance NATO.

Unthinkable just a few months ago, Swedish lawmakers are now intensively discussing a potential application to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as public support for such a move hit new heights this month. For Saab, it’s “hard to see anything negative with that from an industrial perspective,” chief executive officer Micael Johansson said in a phone interview after reporting first-quarter results.