Norway’s Armed Forces’ representative system, TVO, is launching a pilot project that will extend initial service to up to 18 months for some level B soldier representatives. National representative Johanne Røisli says many representatives demobilise just when they have become most useful, and that longer service could improve continuity, competence transfer, and support for soldiers. […]

Norway’s Education Minister Kari Nessa Nordtun rejected the need to make teaching about conscription a “prioritized and independent” curriculum measure after FrP MP Simen Velle argued that young Norwegians need clearer instruction on what compulsory service means under the constitution. Velle cited concerns from the Armed Forces’ elected representative system that many citizens do not […]

A new commentary in Liberaleren by Bjørn Magne Solvik takes aim at a proposal from three Christian Democratic Party MPs to make a preparedness course compulsory for everyone of conscription age who does not complete initial military service. The proposal was formally submitted to the Storting on April 14, 2026, and asks the government to […]