rekryteringsmyndigheten Soundscape

The Swedish Defense Recruitment Agency – Soundscape with instructions

Sound two: Soundscape recording of vision test instructions and instructions for the Ranger fitness test.

This is a sound journey from the Swedish Defense Recruitment Agency. The soundscapes documents the tests a recruit have to go through to determine if they are fit for military service or not.
The Swedish Defense Recruitment Agency is under jurisdiction of the Swedish government and part of the ministry of defense. There is three different bases of operation; Malmö, Stockholm and Karlstad. The agency does not only test recruits for military service but also applicants for the police force and similar professions.
In 2011 national service in Sweden was abolished but as of 2017 it is again a requirement by law for Swedish citizens (both men and women) when they turn eighteen to undergo test to determine if they are fit for military service.

Sound recorder: Fredrik Johansson. Photography: picture taken with permission from official site of The Swedish Defense Recruitment Agency.

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2010s
31.6 MB
1 min 59 s
2 (Stereo)
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44.1 kHz
2116 kb/s
32 bit
61 dB

Recorded on October 23, 2018
Recruitment Agency
Malmö, SWEDEN
Creative Commons License