Women In Denmark Will Soon Be Called On To Serve In The Military For The First Time
The move comes as tensions in Europe have intensified since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Women in Denmark will soon be called on to serve in the military for the first time.
Women have been able to volunteer for military service in Denmark since 1998.
But now prime minister Mette Frederiksen has proposed a plan that will allow the government to also conscript women for the military.
She said the plan will help to increase the number of young people doing military service and achieve “full equality between the sexes”.
The move comes as tensions in Europe have intensified since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Frederiksen said that the country is not rearming because it wants war, but it is rearming to avoid war.
The defense minister said that although Russia currently does not pose a threat to Denmark, it does not want to end up in a place where it could become a threat.
In 2023, about 4,700 people served in Denmark’s military, with about 25% of them being women, but the government is now looking to increase this to 5,000 people each year.
The plan will also increase the time of service from four months to 11 months for both men and women.
The plan will take effect in 2026, when Denmark will join Norway and Sweden as the only European countries where women are conscripted to serve in the military.
