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 […]