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Norwegian Armed Forces
Forsvaret
Coat of arms
Motto
"For alt vi har. Og alt vi er" (For everything we have. And everything we are.)
Founded
1628
Current form
1990
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
Leadership
King
Harald V
Prime Minister
Jonas Gahr Støre
Minister of Defence
Bjørn Arild Gram
Chief of Defence
General Eirik Kristoffersen
Personnel
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.
Reaching military age annually
31,980 males, 30,543 females
Active personnel
23,250 (2019)[1]
Reserve personnel
40,000 in the Norwegian Home Guard (2019)[1]
20,100 in the army reserve
Deployed personnel
384 (2019)[2]
Expenditures
Budget
US$7.231 billion (2020)[3]
Percent of GDP
2% (2020)[3]
Related articles
History
Military history of Norway
Ranks
Ranks and insignia
The Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: Forsvaret, lit. 'The Defence') is the military organization 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[4] in total with the current military personnel, conscripts and the Norwegian Home Guard in full mobilization.[1]
Among European NATO members, the military expenditure of US$7.2 billion is the highest per capita.
^ abcIISS 2020, p. 132.
^IISS 2020, p. 133.
^ ab"Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2013-2020)" (PDF). North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 16 March 2021.
^"Forsvaret i tall".
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Harald V
Jonas Gahr Støre
Bjørn Arild Gram
General Eirik Kristoffersen
