In Denmark:
We have 3 schools of midwifery in the country. I'm submitted to the school in Copenhagen. Entry is directly on basis of your highschool grades or you have to write an application. Connected to the last one work experience, travellling etc are good skills to have.

A rough explanation of the building of the Danish Midwife education which last 3½ years:
1st semester: theoretical education at school (5 months)
2nd: clinical pratice. Focusing on the ''normal'' and uncomplicated pregnancy, birth and perinatal period (5 months)
3rd: Theory at school (5 months)
4th: Partly theory (3 months), partly clinical experience (2 months)
5th: clinical experience
6th: clinical experience . 4th, 5th an 6th semester's clinical experience is based on the complicated pregnancy, birth and perinatal period.
7th. Writing of at final project. + 4 weeks of clinical practice (some people go abroad theese 4 weeks) (5 months)

The job prospects are very fine at the moment. Far the most midwives work in the hospitals, home births is just a very few percentages of all births (which is approximately 62,000 a year)