STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told reporters in Stockholm on Wednesday.

       "There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very carefully," Marin told reporters in a joint news conference with her Swedish counterpart.

       "But I think our process will be quite fast, it will happen in weeks."

       (Reporting by Simon Johnson in Stockholm and Essi Lehto in Helsinki; Editing by Johan Ahlander)