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Compare to Finland - which has universal male conscription (Sweden does not), and allows women to serve in all combat arms.

(Per Wikipedia, Sweden's military has Reserves of 34,000. Vs. Finland's has Reserves of 870,000. Even though Finland's total population is a bit over 1/2 of Sweden's.)

Applies to citizens abroad too.

I wonder what the requirements are on nonresidents who just happen to be temporarily in the country?

>Applies to citizens abroad too.

Same goes for Switzerland. My understanding is that Swiss citizens working abroad use vacation days to fulfill their yearly drills.

Yeah thought same. I guess that’s one way to signal absolute commitment to Defense