Editing Conscription (section)

=== Norway ===
{{Main|Conscription in Norway}}
Conscription was constitutionally established the 12 April 1907 with ''Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov § 119.''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1814-05-17/KAPITTEL_6#KAPITTEL_6|title=Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov – F. Alminnelige bestemmelser - Lovdata|website=lovdata.no}}</ref> 
{{As of|2016|March}}, [[Norway]] currently employs a weak form of mandatory military service for men and women. In practice recruits are not forced to serve, instead only those who are motivated are selected.<ref>{{cite web | title=Norway's military conscription becomes gender neutral | url=http://www.dw.com/en/norways-military-conscription-becomes-gender-neutral/a-17995882 | access-date=2015-11-24 | publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> About 60,000 Norwegians are available for conscription every year, but only 8,000 to 10,000 are conscripted.<ref name="Norwegian Armed Forces – Conscription Statistics">{{cite web | url=http://forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/fakta-om-forsvaret/Sider/tall-og-statistikk.aspx | title=NDF official numbers | publisher=NDF | access-date=2007-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112152739/http://forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/fakta-om-forsvaret/Sider/tall-og-statistikk.aspx | archive-date=2011-01-12 }}</ref> Since 1985, women have been able to enlist for voluntary service as regular recruits. On 14 June 2013 the [[Parliament of Norway|Norwegian Parliament]] voted to extend conscription to women, resulting in universal conscription in effect from 2015.<ref name="UC" /> This made Norway the first [[NATO]] member and first European country to make national service compulsory for both sexes.<ref name="NorwayConscription">{{cite news | title=Norway becomes first NATO country to draft women into military | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-women-conscription-idUSBRE95D0NB20130614 | access-date=2013-06-15 | work=[[Reuters]] | archive-date=2015-01-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132614/https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/14/us-norway-women-conscription-idUSBRE95D0NB20130614 | url-status=live }}</ref> In earlier times, up until at least the early 2000s, all men aged 19–44 were subject to mandatory service, with good reasons required to avoid becoming drafted. There is a right of [[conscientious objection]]. As of 2020 Norway did not reach gender [[social equity|equity]] in conscription with only 33% of all conscripted being women.<ref name="q701">{{cite web | title=A Look at Norway's Approach to Gender-Neutral Conscription | website=SecurityWomen | date=25 July 2024 | url=https://www.securitywomen.org/post/a-look-at-norways-approach-to-gender-neutral-conscription | access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>

In addition to the military service, the Norwegian government draft a total of 8,000<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/Aktuelt/Sistenytt/Sivilforsvaret-75-ar--klar-for-nye-oppgaver | title=Sivilforsvaret 75 år – klar for nye oppgaver – Sivilforsvaret.no | website=www.sivilforsvaret.no | language=no | access-date=2018-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822214352/http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/Aktuelt/Sistenytt/Sivilforsvaret-75-ar--klar-for-nye-oppgaver/ | archive-date=2018-08-22 }}</ref> men and women between 18 and 55 to non-military [[Civil defense|Civil defence]] duty.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/s/English | title=The Norwegian Civil Defence – Sivilforsvaret.no | website=www.sivilforsvaret.no | access-date=2018-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822214030/http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/s/English/ | archive-date=2018-08-22 }}</ref> (Not to be confused with [[Alternative civilian service]].) Former service in the military does not exclude anyone from later being drafted to the Civil defence, but an upper limit of total 19 months of service applies.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/Tjeneste/Tjenesteplikt/Fritak-fra-tjenesteplikt-i-Sivilfrosvaret | title=Fritak fra tjenesteplikt i Sivilforsvaret – Sivilforsvaret.no | website=www.sivilforsvaret.no | language=no | access-date=2018-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822214014/http://www.sivilforsvaret.no/Tjeneste/Tjenesteplikt/Fritak-fra-tjenesteplikt-i-Sivilfrosvaret/ | archive-date=2018-08-22 }}</ref> Neglecting mobilisation orders to training exercises and actual incidents, may impose fines.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nrk.no/ostlandssendingen/en-av-ti-moter-ikke-1.11492106 | title=En av ti møter ikke | last=Wilden | first=Victoria | work=NRK | access-date=2018-08-22 | language=nb-NO}}</ref>