Denmark is seeking to increase the number of young people in the military by extending compulsory enlistment to women for the first time.

After almost four months of military training, newly conscripted women are completing the final exercises near the Danish Army’s barracks north of Copenhagen. (AP video shot by James Brooks)

Denmark on Tuesday expanded its military service to include women, as the Nordic country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defences amid heightened security concerns across Europe. Under a law passed by Denmark's parliament in June 2023,