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Conscription in Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is mandatory for all physically fit men over the age of 18, according to the Constitution of Denmark, §81 [1] and the Danish Law of Conscription, §2. [2] The service lasts between 4 and 12 months. [3] Women may participate, but are not obligated to conscription. [4]
The Scandinavian nation also wants to raise the service time for men and women, and boost defence spending. Denmark to start conscripting women for military service Skip to main content
Denmark wants to increase the number of young people doing military service by extending conscription to women and increasing the time of service from 4 months to 11 months for both genders ...
In 2015, conscription was extended to women making Norway the first NATO member and first European country to make national service compulsory for both men and women. [91] In 2014, Norway formed the Jegertroppen, an all-female special forces unit.
NATO reports also indicate that the Danish military does not promote women to positions of leadership. [3] As with many nations with women in their armed forces, Denmark has different basic physical requirements for men and women in their armed forces, however the requirements for the more physically demanding jobs do not differ for either sex.
Norway is to increase the number of conscripted soldiers from the present 9,000 to 13,500, the Norwegian government said Tuesday. “We must have enough people with the right skills at the right ...
Women do not have to serve conscription in Denmark, since 1998, it is however possible to serve under conscription-like circumstances; 17% of those serving conscription or conscription-like are women. [34] Between 1991 and 31 December 2017, 1,965 women have been deployed to different international missions. [35]
Sweden followed in 2017, as did the Netherlands in 2018 (although in the Netherlands there is no active peacetime conscription). [4] [5] Denmark announced in 2024 that women will be conscripted, starting in 2026. [6] As of 2022, only three countries conscripted women and men on the same formal conditions: Norway, Sweden, [5] and the Netherlands.