Norwegian Army

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army land warfare branch

The Norwegian Army is the land warfare branch of Norway’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country’s territory and contributing to international military operations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Army of Norway 1
Norwegian Army infantry 1
Norwegian army 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commanderTitle Chief of the Army ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
equipmentType air defense systems ⓘ
artillery systems ⓘ
infantry fighting vehicles ⓘ
main battle tanks ⓘ
established 1628 ⓘ
foundedBy Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
garrison Trøndelag ⓘ
surface form: Central Norway

Northern Norway ⓘ
Southern Norway ⓘ
governedBy Ministry of Defence (Norway) ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Ministry of Defence
hasUnit Army Ranger Company ⓘ
Artillery Battalion ⓘ
Brigade Nord ⓘ
Engineer Battalion ⓘ
His Majesty The King’s Guard ⓘ
Intelligence Battalion ⓘ
Medical Battalion ⓘ
Military Police units ⓘ
Signals Battalion ⓘ
Telemark Battalion ⓘ
headquarters Bardufoss ⓘ
Sinsen ⓘ
surface form: Huseby, Oslo
historicalPrecursor Norwegian levies ⓘ
nativeName Hæren ⓘ
operatesIn Arctic regions ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
participatedIn Kosovo Force ⓘ
surface form: KFOR in Kosovo

NATO missions ⓘ
surface form: NATO operations in Afghanistan

Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

United Nations peacekeeping missions ⓘ
partOf Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryMission defend Norway’s territory ⓘ
reportsTo Chief of Defence of Norway ⓘ
role international operations ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
secondaryMission participate in international peace operations ⓘ
support NATO collective defense ⓘ
serviceType professional soldiers and conscripts ⓘ
trainingFocus cold-weather warfare ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ
usesConscription true ⓘ
usesLanguage Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian

Referenced by (14)

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

Battle of Dombås → armedForcesInvolved → Norwegian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Norwegian Army
Battle of Dombås → combatant → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Battle of Stamford Bridge → combatant2 → Norwegian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian army
Erich Dietl → commanded → Norwegian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army of Norway
Fredriksten fortress → garrisonedBy → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Battle of Vinjesvingen → hasCombatant → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Norwegian Armed Forces → hasPart → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Battle of Midtskogen → hasParticipant → Norwegian Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian Army infantry
Carl Gustav Fleischer → militaryBranch → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → oversees → Norwegian Army ⓘ
Norwegian 6th Division → partOf → Norwegian Army ⓘ
subject surface form: CV90
subject surface form: K9 Thunder