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Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24




Conscription currently imposed? Yes
Conscientious objection first recognised 1903

Internal military regulations

1922 Amendment to Military Penal Code
Current provisions Act on Military Service
Duration

Military service Civilian service (% of military)

12 months

(up to 19 months in some posts)

 Abolished in 2012
CO release of professional soldiers –

No specific provisions

Termination of contract possible
Minimum recruitment age 18
Military expenditure1
$ (% change from 2024) Per capita % of GDP
17,034m (+49.0%) $3,040 3.3%

Asylum for conscientious objectors

The Norwegian government declared 14 Ukrainian regions are “safe” despite ongoing Russian aggression2 and decided that Ukrainian men aged 18-60, with certain exceptions, will no longer be granted temporary collective protection in Norway3. Certain politicians explicitly called to deny asylum to those who list “avoiding mobilization” as the reason for seeking protection4.

  1. Military expenditure figures are estimates published by SIPRI (The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) in April 2026.↩︎
  2. https://www.udi.no/en/important-messages/more-areas-excluded-from-the-right-to-collective-protection/↩︎
  3. https://www.udi.no/en/information-ukraine-and-russia/ukraine/↩︎
  4. https://www.mojanorwegia.pl/en/ukrainian-men-of-draft-age-to-the-front-norwegian-party-calls-for-forced-deportation-25227.html↩︎

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