“Come as You Are”, a new recruitment campaign by the Swedish Armed Forces aimed at boosting diversity and targeting feminists, immigrants and veiled Muslim women, has become the butt of many jokes.
The Swedish Armed Forces have launched a new recruitment campaign billed to “challenge the image of those who fit in”.
KOM SOM DU ÄR. Välkommen till en inkluderande arbetsplats där vi ser varandras olikheter som en styrka. https://t.co/M6nfc28UrD pic.twitter.com/UY19NodvIc
— Försvarsmakten (@Forsvarsmakten) April 30, 2019
Although Sweden has not participated in an officially declared war since the 1814 Swedish-Norwegian War and has maintained a policy of neutrality and non-alignment, Swedish aircraft took part in the NATO-led military intervention in Libya in 2011.