The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy

10 THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THE ESDPTable I.2. Basic facts about the military sectors of the Nordic countriesDenmark Finland Iceland Norway SwedenArmed forces personnel, 2005 21 180 28 300 0 25 800 27 600Reserve forces personnel, 2005 129 700 237 000 0 219 000 262 000Conscription, number of conscripts and period Yes: 5 800, Yes: 19 300, No Yes: 15 200, Yes: 11 400,of conscription, 2005 10 months (to be 6–9–12 months 12 months 7–15 months4 months)Number of military personnel deployed in 1 650 910 . . 1 300 780international peacekeeping missions, 2004Military expenditure, 2004 (US$ m.) 3 564 2 273 0 4 587 5 961Military expenditure as share of GDP, 2004 (%) 1.5 1.2 0.0 1.9 1.7Estimated sales of military equipment, 180 400 0 450 3 4002004 (US$ m.)Number of employees in defence industry, 2004 ~800 ~1 600 0 ~2 000 ~13 800Exports of major conventional weapons, 6 19 0 52 2612004 (SIPRI trend-indicator values, US$ m.) a. . = not applicable; GDP = Gross domestic product.aThese figures are SIPRI relative trend-indicator values expressed in US$ m. at constant 1990 prices; see URL .Sources: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2004–2005 (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2004); SIPRI Armed Conflictsand Conflict Management Programme; SIPRI Military Expenditure Database; SIPRI Arms Production Project; and SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.