Sweden has had partial conscription since 2017 for both men and women and MailOnline spoke to a group of young people in central Stockholm about the possibility of war with Vladimir Putin s Russia.
In a rousing speech that took note of his country s hotly-anticipated accession to NATO this year, Carl-Oskar Bohlin called on ordinary citizens to ask themselves who are you if war comes?
The defence ministers of Finland, Norway and Sweden signed an updated statement of intent on Tuesday in Oslo that prioritizes operations planning in the North.
The three countries all share borders in the Arctic.
"A central aim of this cooperation is to enhance and strengthen operations planni