Denmark on Tuesday expanded its military service to include women, as the Nordic country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defences amid heightened security concerns across Europe. Under a law passed by Denmark's parliament in June 2023,

Women volunteers currently in the Danish armed forces said that some may “be surprised and like it a lot more than they probably think they would.”

Denmark is seeking to increase the number of young people in the military by extending compulsory enlistment to women for the first time.