Back Въоръжени сили на Кралство Норвегия Bulgarian Norwegische Streitkräfte German Fuerzas Armadas de Noruega Spanish Norra kaitsevägi Estonian نیروهای مسلح نروژ Persian Norjan puolustusvoimat Finnish Forces armées norvégiennes French הכוחות המזוינים של נורווגיה HE Norvégia hadereje Hungarian Նորվեգիայի զինված ուժեր Armenian
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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 | |
| 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 | 33,440 (2024)[1] |
| Reserve personnel | 40,500 in the Norwegian Home Guard (2019)[1] 20,100 in the army reserve |
| Deployed personnel | 384 (2019)[2] |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | 104 billion. NOK ~ 9,4 billion US-Dollar (2024)[3] |
| Percent of GDP | 2 % (2024)[4] |
| 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[5] 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.
- ^ "Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last month". apnews.com. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)" (PDF). NATO. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Forsvaret i tall".