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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

‘It might as well be me’: young Swedes prepare for new form of national service

Group of 18 year-old female Swedish students
Students at Anna Whitlocks in Stockholm who have been conscripted for military service as Sweden reintroduces form of national service Photograph: Miranda Bryant/The Guardian

When Hedda Johannesson, like most of her school year group, received a questionnaire to determine whether she would be conscripted for military service, she considered herself anti-war.

But, having passed the necessary intelligence, physical and psychological tests, the 18-year-old behavioural science student will soon spend 11 months learning about chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare.

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