Applying
You may apply for service at the earliest during the year when you turn 18. You may apply for the July contingent of the year 2025, as well as for the January and July contingent of the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. The brigade-level units of the Finnish Defence Forces and of the Finnish Border Guard feature a high number of service tasks available for the conscript service. However, please keep in mind that not all service tasks are available in every brigade-level unit. Familiarise with service tasks here. The application period has ended.
This is how you apply for the service
1. Fill in and then print out the advance questionnaire for examining an applicant’s state of health
Please register by signing on to the MyMilitary E-service and fill out the questionnaire "Advance questionnaire for examining an applicant’s state of health". Please take a print-out of the form that you filled out and schedule an appointment for a medical check at your wellbeing services county's health station for determining fitness for service.
2. Have your health checked
Please fill in the “Advance questionnaire for examining an applicant’s health”, print it out and take it with you to the medical check appointment. At the medical check, you will receive a medical statement that you need to attach to your application. You can request reimbursement for the medical check costs from the Finnish Defence Forces. You can have your health checked by a private or a public healthcare service provider, but you can receive compensation only for the sum charged in the public healthcare. If you have to pay for your appointment, please remember to ask for a receipt or proof of payment after the health check.
3. Fill out and submit the application to voluntary military service for women
Once you have received the medical statement, please sign on to the MyMilitary E-service. Fill out the application to voluntary military service for women and annex to this application also the medical statement that you received as well as proof of payment for cost reimbursement. In some cases, the medical practitioner who conducted the health check may forward the medical statement to the Regional Office.
4. Submit your application on time. The application period is now closed.
5. In case you apply for special forces, please see here for application instructions
You may also submit your application in a print-out version and send the application with its attached documents by post to your own Regional Office. You can access the advance questionnaire for examining an applicant’s state of health here.
Selection criteria
The selection criterion is the applicant’s state of health. Those selected must also be suitable to be trained into the Finnish Defence Forces’ reserve.
In the selection event, you will be provided with information on voluntary military service, take part in an interview, and have your state of health checked. Your own Regional Office will organise the selection event in April.
The service must be started at the latest the year you turn 29.
