Alternative civil service previously was determined territorially.

Since the end of 2011, there is no alternative service for consciousness objectors, although the military duty remains in the country.

In Norway, there is complete exemption from military service on convictions without compulsory passage of alternative service.

On weekends soldiers go home.

Full exemption from the service on conscientious objection provided without mandatory alternative service.

In Norway, the right to conscientious objection has been officially recognized since 1922.

Its legislative base is currently the Law on Exemption from Military Service on Beliefs of 1965.

Since the end of 2011, there is no alternative service for people who refuse military service, although the country retains a military duty. In Norway, there is complete exemption from military service on convictions without compulsory passage of alternative service.

In Norway there is a military duty.

Men and women are subject to conscription and military training at the age of 19-44.

Feature of the service is the desire to equalize the rights of citizens, which is manifested, among other things, in the social sphere. For example, barracks are organized on the principle of «unisex», that is, men and women live in the same barracks.

Norway is a model of the state, where full exemption from the service on conscientious objection can be provided without mandatory alternative service.

The total conscription term is 19 months, but depending on the type of troops, the continuous term differs. After passing an uninterrupted term, the remaining up to 19-month part conscripts serve during military gatherings.

12 months - ground forces; 15 months - Air Force / Fleet.

Almost half of the recruits are enlisted in the national guard of the country - for them, the service term is seven months, and it is divided into several relatively short periods.

Norway is a model of the state, where full exemption from the service on conscientious objection can be provided without mandatory alternative service.

Norway is an example of the state, where full exemption from military service on convictions can be provided without compulsory passage of alternative service.

In July 2011, Norway announced that since the end of 2011 there will be no alternative service for those who refused military service on convictions, although the country will retain a military duty. The refusal of military service is possible by any convictions.

There is a conscription.

The army is formed through the universal military duty of the male population (from 18 to 44; volunteers can be recruited at 17), including persons with dual citizenship. They all serve under a contract.

Those who perform their military duty, have comfortable conditions and wages from 15 dollars a day.

In October 2014, Norway adopted a law according to which women between the ages of 19 and 44 are subject to compulsory military service for a period of seven to nineteen months. Norway became the fourth country in the world where women are obliged to carry out military service by law. The women's conscription in Norway was established not because of a shortage of military personnel, but, first of all, for ensuring gender equality.

While the alternative service in Norway was relevant.

In peacetime, consciousness objectors were sent to work in various social institutions.

In wartime, consciousness objectors were sent to serve in the Civil Defense Forces.

The application is forwarded to the Vernepliktsverket (Administration of military service). The decision-making bodies collect information about the applicant's general living conditions and other circumstances that may clarify this issue. The king defines additional rules for processing applications for exemption from military service on the basis of convictions.

In Norway, all duties related to the carrying of weapons are suspended, after receiving an application from a serving conscript to be recognized as a conscientious objector before a decision is taken on this application, which takes four weeks.

There is no alternative service.