The joint venture that plans to build an underwater Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany on Friday handed in application documents to the Swedish government.
The move was announced shortly after members of the opposition and government held a special debate in parliament on the project.
Members of the opposition cited a recent survey by Swedish radio news that said 72 percent of the legislators that answered a recent poll opposed the envisaged pipeline through the Baltic Sea, some 10 percent were in favor while 17 percent were undecided.
The 1,200-kilometer pipeline would run from Viborg in Russia to Greifswald, Germany and was planned to pass through the Swedish economic zone, east of the Swedish Baltic Sea island Gotland.
Sweden is not dependent on Russian energy exports, but critics of the project have noted that Moscow has at times used energy as a means to gain political leverage, citing the example of Ukraine.
Nord Stream, the Russian-German joint venture, said it had submitted an application for the construction of the pipelines as well as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.
The group said it was willing to "discuss all relevant factual issues with authorities, organizations and citizens."
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