Norwegian Armed Forces

Norwegian Armed Forces Forsvaret
Coat of arms
Founded	9th Century
Current form	1990
Service branches	Army Navy (Coast Guard) Air Force Home Guard Cyber Defence
Headquarters	Akershus Fortress
Leadership
King	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Minister of Defence	Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
Chief of Defence	Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen
Manpower
Military age	18-44(55) years of age for male compulsory military service (55 years of age if you are an officer); 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women
Conscription	19-month service with 12-month service obligation. Around 50% of conscripts are enrolled in the Home Guard, for a 7-month period (spread out over many years).
Available for military service	1,078,181 males, age 16-55, 1,046,550 females, age 16-55
Fit for military service	888,219 males, age 16-55, 863,255 females, age 16-55
Reaching military age annually	31,980 males, 30,543 females
Active personnel	17,227
Reserve personnel	45,000
Expenditures
Budget	US$7.2 billion (2014)
Percent of GDP	1.4% of GDP (2012 est.) List of countries by military expenditures
Related articles
History	Norwegian Campaign World War II Milorg XU Norwegian Independent Company 1 Osvald Group Oslogjengen Norwegian resistance movement Free Norwegian forces Battle of Drøbak Sound Battle of the Atlantic Norwegian heavy water sabotage Operation Archery Shetland bus Operation Anklet Operation Mardonius Operation Cheese Battles of Narvik Operation Claymore Battle of Midtskogen Operation Sunshine Flight of the Norwegian National Treasury Thamshavn Line sabotage Normandy landings Invasion of Normandy No. 330 Squadron RAF No. 331 Squadron RAF No. 332 Squadron RAF No. 333 Squadron RAF Operation Overlord Operation Doomsday 99th Infantry Battalion (United States) Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany Cold War Korean war NORMASH Vietnam War Operation 34A Gulf of Tonkin incident Congo Crisis United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Falklands War Gulf War Operation Desert Storm International Force for East Timor Operation Sky Monitor Operation Sharp Guard Implementation Force SFOR War in Kosovo Kosovo Force Operation Allied Force Operation Joint Guardian Incident at Pristina airport 2001 Macedonia conflict Operation Essential Harvest Operation Eagle Assist Operation Active Endeavour War in Afghanistan Task Force K-Bar Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Harekate Yolo Operation Anaconda Operation Jacana International Security Assistance Force Operation Pickaxe-Handle Operation chashme naw Operation Karez 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack Release of hostage Christina Meier April 2012 Afghanistan attacks Hostage incident at Qargha Reservoir / Lake Qara june 2012 Uzbin Valley ambush (after action only) Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan Operation Ocean Shield Multi-National Force – Iraq Operation Atalanta Libyan no-fly zone Operation Odyssey Dawn Operation Ocean Shield Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons Icelandic Air Policing Baltic Air Policing Operation Resolute Support Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul Military intervention against ISIL Icelandic Air Policing 2009/2011/2014/2016 Baltic Air Policing 2005/2007/2015 United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ** Only a small selection of engagements / missions performed by the Norwegian armed forces / saboturs / resistance forces **
Ranks	Ranks and insignia

Norwegian Campaign
World War II
Milorg
XU
Norwegian Independent Company 1
Osvald Group
Oslogjengen
Norwegian resistance movement
Free Norwegian forces
Battle of Drøbak Sound
Battle of the Atlantic
Norwegian heavy water sabotage
Operation Archery
Shetland bus
Operation Anklet
Operation Mardonius
Operation Cheese
Battles of Narvik
Operation Claymore
Battle of Midtskogen
Operation Sunshine
Flight of the Norwegian National Treasury
Thamshavn Line sabotage
Normandy landings
Invasion of Normandy
No. 330 Squadron RAF
No. 331 Squadron RAF
No. 332 Squadron RAF
No. 333 Squadron RAF
Operation Overlord
Operation Doomsday
99th Infantry Battalion (United States)
Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany
Cold War
Korean war
NORMASH
Vietnam War
Operation 34A
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Congo Crisis
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Falklands War
Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm
International Force for East Timor
Operation Sky Monitor
Operation Sharp Guard
Implementation Force
SFOR
War in Kosovo
Kosovo Force
Operation Allied Force
Operation Joint Guardian
Incident at Pristina airport
2001 Macedonia conflict
Operation Essential Harvest
Operation Eagle Assist
Operation Active Endeavour
War in Afghanistan
Task Force K-Bar
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Harekate Yolo
Operation Anaconda
Operation Jacana
International Security Assistance Force
Operation Pickaxe-Handle
Operation chashme naw
Operation Karez
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
Release of hostage Christina Meier
April 2012 Afghanistan attacks
Hostage incident at Qargha Reservoir / Lake Qara june 2012
Uzbin Valley ambush (after action only)
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan
Operation Ocean Shield
Multi-National Force – Iraq
Operation Atalanta
Libyan no-fly zone
Operation Odyssey Dawn
Operation Ocean Shield
Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons
Icelandic Air Policing
Baltic Air Policing
Operation Resolute Support
Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul
Military intervention against ISIL
Icelandic Air Policing 2009/2011/2014/2016
Baltic Air Policing 2005/2007/2015
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali