Conscripts of 20 years of age have to serve two years, three months each year.
Every Swedish man belongs to the conscripts (varnpligtige) between the age of 21 and 40, during which time he serves eight years in the first levy, four in the second, and eight in the reserves.
The conscripts were formerly trained for 90 days, but according to the law of 1901, the conscript is bound to serve in time of peace - in the infantry, position artillery, fortress artillery, fortress engineers, and the army service corps a total of 240 days; and in the cavalry, field artillery, field engineers, and field telegraph corps a total of 365 days.
The personnel consists of a cadre, reserve and about 17,000 conscripts.
In connexion with the army reform of 1901 a system of army high schools was proposed for conscripts while serving.
