Official website (https://forsvaret.no/en)
Key facts
- Motto
- "For alt vi har. Og alt vi er.", ( For all we have., And all we are. )
- Service branches
- Norwegian Army Royal Norwegian Navy Norwegian Coast Guard Royal Norwegian Air Force Home Guard Cyber Defence Force
- Headquarters
- Norwegian Joint Headquarters
- Website
- Official website
- King
- Harald V
- Prime minister
- Jonas Gahr Støre
- Minister of defence
- Tore O. Sandvik
- Chief of defence
- General Eirik Kristoffersen
- Military age
- Male: 17-44 (55 for officers) years of age for compulsory military service. , Female: 17 years of age for military service. Compulsory for females born in 2000 or later.
- Conscription
- 19-month service obligation.
- Active personnel
- 33,440 (2024)
- Reserve personnel
- 40,500 in the Norwegian Home Guard (2019) 20,100 in the army reserve
- Deployed personnel
- 384 (2019)
- Budget
- 110.1 billion. NOK, ~ 10,8 billion US-Dollar (2025)
- Percent of gdp
- 2.16 % (2025)
- History
- Military history of Norway
- Ranks
- Ranks and insignia
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Government
- Founded
- 1990
- Location
- Bergen, Norway
- Also known as
- Forsvaret
- Status
- Active
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Official website
Norwegian Armed Forces
The Norwegian Armed Forces are responsible for Norway's military defence. We provide for Norway's national security. We also contribute to global peace and security through our participation in UN and NATO missions worldwide. The Armed Forces are divided into the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the Home Guard. Read more about our organisation, our tasks, and our international role on our website.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, lit. 'The Defence') are the armed forces responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of five branches, the Norwegian Army, the Royal Norwegian Navy, which includes the Coast Guard, the Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Home Guard, and Norwegian Cyber Defence Force as well as several joint departments.
The military force in peacetime is around 17,185 personnel including military and civilian staff, and around 70,000 in total with the current military personnel, conscripts and the Norwegian Home Guard in full mobilization.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norwegian Armed Forces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.