Helsingin Sanomat - The number of Finnish men who are not required to carry out the armed national service is growing rapidly. Of those who were born in 1950, more than 90 per cent completed their military service. For the young men born in 1989, the corresponding figure is 82%. More than one in six young men are exempt from the armed service. The figure is expected to rise further still. In ten years’ time, perhaps only three out of four young men in Finland will complete their military service. The major reason for rejection by the military is health: medical criteria on conscripts have been tightened up.

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