page_title: Danish Defence
section_title: Conscription
hierarchical_section_title: Danish Defence / Conscription
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Vakt vid Rosenborgs slott, Köpenhamn.
context_page_description: Danish Defence is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Defence also promote Denmark's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid.
  Since the creation of a standing military in 1510, the armed forces have seen action in many wars, most involving Sweden, but also involving the world's great powers, including the Thirty Years' War, the Great Northern War, and the Napoleonic Wars.
  Today, Danish Defence consists of: the Royal Danish Army, Denmark's principal land warfare branch; the Royal Danish Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the Royal Danish Air Force, an air force with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The Defence also includes the Home Guard. Under the Danish Defence Law the Minister of Defence serves as the commander of Danish Defence and the Danish Home Guard.
context_section_description: Technically all Danish 18-year-old males are conscripts (37,897 in 2010, of whom 53% were considered suitable for duty). Due to the large number of volunteers, 96-99% of the number required in the past three years, the number of men actually called up is relatively low (4200 in 2012). There were additionally 567 female volunteers in 2010, who pass training on "conscript-like" conditions.
  Conscripts to Danish Defence (army, navy and air force) generally serve four months, except:
  Conscripts of the Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron serve 12 months.
  Conscripts with Cyber-conscription, who serve 10 months.
  Conscripts aboard the Royal Yacht Dannebrog serve nine months.
  Conscripts in the Danish Emergency Management Agency serve nine months.
  Conscripts in the Royal Life Guards serve eight months.
  There has been a right of conscientious objection since 1917.
caption: A conscript from the Royal Life Guards standing guard at Rosenborg Castle
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