Norwegian military

Norwegian Armed Forces
Forsvaret
Coat of arms
Founded	9th Century
Current form	1990
Service branches	Army Navy (Coast Guard) Air Force Home Guard
Headquarters	Norwegian Joint Headquarters
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	19-44(55) years of age for male compulsory military service (55 years of age if you are an officer); 19 years of age for female military service (compulsory for women born in 1997 or later)
Conscription	19-month service obligation.
Available for military service	1,078,181 males, age 19-55, 1,046,550 females, age 19-55
Fit for military service	888,219 males, age 19-55, 863,255 females, age 19-55
Reaching military age annually	31,980 males, 30,543 females
Active personnel	24 950
Reserve personnel	45 590
Expenditures
Budget	US$7.2 billion (2014)
Percent of GDP	1.62% of GDP (2016 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Austria  Belgium  Canada  Finland  Germany  Italy  Japan  Sweden  United Kingdom  United States
Related articles
History	List 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 Resolute Support Mission American University of Afghanistan attack Hostage situation at Hetal Hotel, Kabul May 2015 March 2017 Kabul attack 2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack Operation Inherent Resolve ** Only a small selection of engagements / missions performed by the Norwegian armed forces / saboturs / resistance forces **
Ranks	Ranks and insignia

The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, "The Defence") is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of four branches, the Norwegian Army, the Royal Norwegian Navy, which includes the Coast Guard, the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and the Home Guard, as well as several joint departments. The armed forces number 23,000 personnel, including civilian employees, and have a full-mobilisation combat strength of 83,000.

The armed forces are subordinate to the Ministry of Defence, led by Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide. The formal commander-in-chief is King Harald V; however, the de facto commander-in-chief is Chief of Defence Haakon Bruun-Hanssen. His staff is located at Akershus Fortress in Oslo, while the Norwegian Joint Headquarters, responsible for commanding operations, is located in Bodø. The main naval base is Haakonsvern in Bergen, the main army camps are in Bardu, Målselv and Rena, and the main air station is Ørland.

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