Norwegian Armed Forces

Norwegian Armed Forces
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)
Reserve personnel	40,000 in the Norwegian Home Guard (2019) 20,100 in the army reserve
Deployed personnel	384 (2019)
Expenditure
Budget	US$7.231 billion (2020)
Percent of GDP	2% (2020)
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.

^ ^a ^b ^c IISS 2020, p. 132.
^ IISS 2020, p. 133.
^ ^a ^b "Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2013-2020)" (PDF). North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 16 March 2021.
^ "Forsvaret i tall".

[FOOTNOTEIISS2020132-1] IISS 2020, p. 132.

[FOOTNOTEIISS2020133-2] IISS 2020, p. 133.

[nato_fl2014-3] "Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2013-2020)" (PDF). North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 16 March 2021.

[4] "Forsvaret i tall".

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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]
Expenditure
Budget	US$7.231 billion (2020)^[3]
Percent of GDP	2% (2020)^[3]
Related articles
History	Military history of Norway
Ranks	Ranks and insignia