Women can be drafted into the Danish military as Russian aggression grows By Associated Press Published June 30, 2025, 9:22 p.m. ET ...

Women in Denmark who have turned 18 became eligible for military conscription on Tuesday, as the Nordic country moved to expand its armed forces to prepare for a possible threat from Russia and to ...

Under new rules passed by Denmark’s parliament earlier in June, Danish women who turn 18 after July 1, 2025, will be entered into the lottery system, on an equal footing with their male compatriots.

Men and women can both still volunteer, and the remaining places will be filled by a gender-neutral draft lottery. “In the situation the world is in now, it’s needed,” Katrine said.

Men and women can both still volunteer, and the remaining places will be filled by a gender-neutral draft lottery. “In the situation the world is in now, it’s needed,” Katrine said.

Women volunteers make up roughly a quarter of 2024’s cohort. “Some will probably be very disappointed being chosen to go into the military,” Anne Sofie, part of Katrine’s cohort of ...