More than 200 applicants coming directly from military service.
– The percentage has been very low previously, " says Johan Österberg at the Swedish national defence college, to P4 Värmland.
He believes that förbandens work with to attract people to the initial training to become officers has yielded results.
There are also more women than in the past among the applicants for the officer program.
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