Norwegian Armed Forces

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military organization

The Norwegian Armed Forces are the unified military organization responsible for Norway’s national defense, international peacekeeping contributions, and protection of its sovereignty on land, at sea, and in the air.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Norwegian armed forces 2
Armed Forces of Norway (medical support) 1
Armed forces of the union between Sweden and Norway 1
Norwegian Army 1
Norwegian Home Guard 1
Norwegian forces 1
armed forces of Norway 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
budget approximately 80 billion NOK (early 2020s) ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of Defence ⓘ
Minister of Defence ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
currentCommander Bjørn Arild Gram ⓘ
Eirik Kristoffersen ⓘ
founded 1905 ⓘ
hasPart Norwegian Army ⓘ
Norwegian Cyber Defence Force ⓘ
Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation ⓘ
Norwegian Defence University College ⓘ
Norwegian Home Guard ⓘ
Norwegian Intelligence Service ⓘ
Norwegian Special Operations Command ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Navy ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bodø ⓘ
Oslo ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Constitution

Norwegian Defence Act ⓘ
nativeName Forsvaret ⓘ
operatesIn air ⓘ
cyberspace ⓘ
land ⓘ
sea ⓘ
participatedIn 2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: NATO intervention in Libya

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions in Lebanon

United Nations Mission in Kosovo ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Balkans

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
personnelStrength around 25,000 active personnel (early 2020s) ⓘ
precededBy Norwegian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armed forces of the union between Sweden and Norway
primaryLanguage Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian
reserveStrength over 40,000 reservists (early 2020s) ⓘ
role collective defence within NATO ⓘ
international peacekeeping operations ⓘ
national defence of Norway ⓘ
protection of Norwegian sovereignty ⓘ
serviceBranches air force ⓘ
army ⓘ
home guard ⓘ
navy ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Defence (Norway) ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence of Norway
supremeCommander Harald V of Norway ⓘ
usesConscription yes ⓘ
usesEquipment CV90 infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
surface form: CV90 infantry fighting vehicles

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ
surface form: F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates ⓘ
Hamina-class missile boat ⓘ
surface form: Skjold-class corvettes

Ula-class submarines ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article 25 of the Constitution of Norway → appliesTo → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian armed forces
Battle of Vinjesvingen → belligerent → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian forces
King of Norway → commanderInChiefOf → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: armed forces of Norway
Akershus Fortress → garrisonedBy → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
United Nations Command → hasMember → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of Norway (medical support)
Operation Weserübung → opponent → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Operation Weser Exercise → opposedBy → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → oversees → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → oversees → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian Home Guard
Carl Gustav Fleischer → partOf → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian armed forces
Norwegian Army → partOf → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Air Force → partOf → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Norwegian Armed Forces → precededBy → Norwegian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed forces of the union between Sweden and Norway
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → responsibleFor → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Leopard 2 main battle tank → usedBy → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Leopard 2
this entity surface form: Norwegian Army
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle → usedBy → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Patria AMV
RBS 70 missile system → usedBy → Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: RBS 70