Mandatory conscription only concerns male Finnish citizens under the age of 30. The more immediate concern is the Finnish or Swedish language requirement to get

Mandatory conscription only concerns male Finnish citizens under the age of 30. The more immediate concern is the Finnish or Swedish language requirement to getting your citizenship. You'll also have to have lived in Finland for 5-7 years before you're eligible for a citizenship, so if you're over 25 when you move to Finland, you can probably also forget about mandatory conscription.