Nordic Battlegroup Completes Recruitment
(B2) Sweden has just finished recruiting its troops (1) for the Nordic Battlegroup 2011, announces the Swedish army. For approximately 1600 positions in the Battlegroup (and 150 in the strategic reserve), it thus received a total of 5.250 candidates (who
often applied for 2 or 3 positions).
The Nordic battlegroup will be on call for the European Union in the first half of 2011. It will be made up of 2000 soldiers from five countries: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia and Ireland. Sweden ensuring the role of framework nation by providing the majority (1600) of the soldiers.
Would you have made a good recruit? Do you have the right reflexes? Test yourself online on the Swedish army recruitment site. Confusing!
(1) The Swedes practice a contracting policy for external operations.
(Photo credit : Alexander Karlsson/Forsvarsmakten)