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A question about new conscription policy: still basically voluntary? (leddit.danmark.party)

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I'm interested in the new conscription policy being proposed.

From what I've read, women would be required to register for the lottery and service would be extended to 11 months.

My current understanding is that conscription in Denmark is basically voluntary. If you say you don't want to do it, they won't pick you? How exactly does that work if there's a lottery?

And would that change with the new policy?

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/comments83820 at 2024-03-16 22:44:27+00:00.

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[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

comments83820 (OP) at 2024-03-16 23:24:08+00:00 ID: kv7guae

By "remove the ability to refuse," do you mean remove the ability to do civil service as an alternative to military training?

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy_Recover_9649 at 2024-03-17 02:12:46+00:00 ID: kv85773

If you pull a low number, it means you (most likely) have to do the military service. You can refuse to do so, you have to apply to be "militærnægter" less than 8 weeks after the day of the lottery. The form is on the site of the link below. Afterwards you'll have to choose where you want to do your civil service. There's a list of organisations where you can do your service. All in all, they can't force you to do military service, but you have to do some sort of service for the community.

You can read all about it right here:

https://karriere.forsvaret.dk/varnepligt/varnepligten/militaernaegter/

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

comments83820 (OP) at 2024-03-17 02:20:20+00:00 ID: kv8691m

thanks!

i'm not Danish -- and sadly an old millennial now anyway -- but was just curious how this all worked in Denmark.

are the people forced to do it annoyed? i'd imagine it's a little annoying to be forced to do it when like 99% of the people are volunteering and just a handful of people are conscripted? or young people don't really care?

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Crazy_Recover_9649 at 2024-03-17 02:36:56+00:00 ID: kv88jmj

A lot of people don't even get qualified for military service due to their physique, spelling/writing capabilities etc.

I would imagine a person who doesn't want to do it would get annoyed if they had to waste months of their lives on something they hate, but you COULD (although I don't encourage it) always cheat on your tests to make you seem bad at math or grammar. Not sure if it's illegal or not to do so, but they would have a pretty hard time exposing you for faking your intelligence level.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

comments83820 (OP) at 2024-03-17 02:59:52+00:00 ID: kv8bo69

Thanks. I'm not Danish, but was just curious how this all works.

[–] Dannebot@leddit.danmark.party 1 points 1 year ago

Peter34cph at 2024-03-17 08:20:43+00:00 ID: kv96y7v

I've heard rumours that if you score very low on the Børge Priehn intelligence test, then it goes on your medical record, and will bar you from things such as applying for a driver's license.

I don't know if those rumours are true, but it would be a good deterrent against people deliberately trying to flunk that test.