There are a few more than last year, when 27,900 were called.
Of these, 8,500 will be selected for basic training, a figure that the Conscription Agency believes it can fill without problems, despite the majority of young people usually responding that they cannot do basic training with military service for various reasons.
At these volumes, we estimate that we will manage. If we go beyond 10,000, it may become a bit more challenging, says the Conscription Agency's Director-General Christina Malm to Ekot.
This year is the second year since military service was reactivated, and young people are being called in even if they have stated that they do not want to do military service training.
At the same time, fewer young people are skipping the draft, reports P4 Värmland, and figures from the Prosecution Authority show that fewer cases went to trial last year compared to the year before.
If you do not show up for the draft and do not have a valid reason, you risk being reported to the authorities and getting both fines and a criminal record, says Per Andersen Helseth, communicator at the Conscription and Testing Agency to the radio.
