I'm not Norwegian but my guess is the system is much like in Denmark, where officially there is also conscription. The thing is though, it's not taken terribly

I'm not Norwegian but my guess is the system is much like in Denmark, where officially there is also conscription. The thing is though, it's not taken terribly seriously anymore, and this has probably been a trend since the cold war ended. If you want to avoid getting called up, just about any excuse will do just fine, there's no shame in it at all. My guess is the people who want to avoid it are the kinds of kids who would rather go and study than run around a field at night. Those kids will also tend to have the higher IQs, which will thus vanish from the test set.