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Conscription in Sweden

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Beginning in 2018, over 4,000 conscripts were indeed called up. 85% of those called up were men; the percentage of female conscripts was gradually increased over the following years, reaching 20% in 2022 and 24% in 2023. The conscripts were chosen from a pool of approximately 13,000 young people born
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In early 2019, after fines had been received by dozens of young people for draft evasion, the first jail sentences since the return of conscription were handed out to those refusing to carry out their military service.
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From 1983 to 2010, some conscripts had their service period extended to 450 days to allow for company command training. During the extended training, they held the rank of
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for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions in the
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in the TOE. Such "conscript officers" could not be promoted further unless they completed regular officer training at a
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planned to call 4,000 recruits annually for basic military training in 2018 and 2019. As the relevant
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government in 2017, which cited increased threats to national security. The
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was about 100,000, this meant that roughly 4% were to be enlisted.
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http://www.rekryteringsmyndigheten.se/plikten-idag/vapenfri/
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Sweden's Women Conscripts Get Free Feminine Hygiene Products
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for men was introduced in 1901. During the height of the
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Mandatory conscription was re-activated by the then
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Conscription
1780 caricature of a press gang
press gang
Alternative civilian service
Civil conscription
Conscientious objector
Conscription crisis
Counter-recruitment
Draft-card burning
Draft evasion
Impressment
Levée en masse
Military service
National service
Penal military unit
War resister
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
By modern country
Argentina
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bermuda
Brazil
Canada
China
Congo-Kinshasa
child soldiers

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