Germans Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited Tegeluddsvägen a few weeks ago and departed saying he had learned lessons for his home nation.
“We need young and well-motivated men and women to defend our countries if they are needed,” he told reporters in Stockholm. “I heard a lot about the Swedish approach and I appreciate it — your approach includes a strong reserve force and we have seen in Ukraine that this is important.”
On June 12, Pistorius proposed selective military service focused on volunteers as a “first step.”
The Pistorius plan, which is now being studied by lawmakers and the minister’s coalition partners, will ask all 18-year-old men — planners anticipate 400,000 annually — to fill out a questionnaire. Of that total some 40,000 will be chosen to undergo a medical exam, with 10,000 subsequently cleared for basic training.
Dutch officials have also been dispatched to Tegeluddsvägen, while a succession of former top officials in the U.K., including the ex-head of the foreign intelligence agency MI6, have highlighted what they see as the advantages of the Swedish system.
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The Swedish conscription system kicks in with a questionnaire sent to all 18-year-olds (men and women) asking about health, education, personality, criminal record and attitudes to serving.
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