US EditionDenmark Expands Military Service to Include Women
- Starting July 1, 2025, Denmark will require all citizens who turn 18, regardless of gender, to register for possible conscription into the military.
- This change follows heightened security concerns in Europe and aligns Denmark with neighboring countries Sweden and Norway, which introduced gender-neutral conscription in recent years.
- The conscription period for recruits will extend from four to 11 months, with volunteers recruited first and remaining positions filled by lottery, including women on equal footing with men.
- About 4,700 people served in Denmark in 2024, with women comprising roughly 24 percent, and authorities expect annual numbers to rise to 6,500 by 2033 under the new system.
- This reform aims to strengthen Danish defense capabilities amid NATO targets and has provoked mixed reactions, with calls for improved equipment and measures against harassment to support female conscripts.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call, says Denmark's Defense Minister Lund Poulsen. The country is budgeting 3.2 percent of GDP for defense this year.
Eighteen-year-old girls will now, along with their male peers, be part of a lottery that could send them to military service.
Citizens who have completed 18 years of age will be called on the Day of the Armed Forces and who may be obliged to perform compulsory military service if there are not enough volunteers.
Denmark has followed its European neighbours in introducing mandatory military service for women, extending the training period to 11 months amid heightened security concerns in Europe.
On the basis of the European military tensions, the European states are intensifying preparations for the war. Thus, Denmark extended March 1, 2025, compulsory military service and women, in the context of which this Nordic country seeks to recruit as many soldiers as possible and strengthen its defence and security.
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