Armed Forces in numbers
How many people serve in the Norwegian Armed Forces? What is our budget? Find your facts here.
The Norwegian Armed Forces
Key figures for the whole organisation (2020)
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Employees16,220Proportion of women: 18.9 %
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Conscripts9,637Proportion of women: 33 %
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Spending37.1billion Norwegian krone spent in 2020
Military activity
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Maritime patrol aircraft1,414hours flown in 2020
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Rescue helicopters4,390hours flown in 2020
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Coast Guard4,067days of patrol in 2020
The Norwegian Army
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Personnel8,201
soldiers and employees in 2020
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Spending6.96
billion Norwegian krone spent in 2020
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Activity28exercise days on average per Army soldier in 2020
The Royal Norwegian Navy
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Personnel4,510
soldiers and employees in 2020
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Spending7.18
billion Norwegian krone spent in 2020
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Activity1,535
days of sailing with frigates, submarines and other vessels (excluding Coast Guard vessels) in 2020
The Royal Norwegian Air Force
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Personnel4,207soldiers and employees in 2020 (including rescue service)
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Spending8.35
billion Norwegian krone in 2020
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Activity13,803
hours flown with all aircraft and helicopters, excluding rescue helicopters
Other figures
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QRA missions50
QRA scrambles by Norwegian F-16s and F-35s in 2020
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Home Guard812
permanent staff in 2020. Total force: 39,883 soldiers
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Assisting civil society498
requests for assistance from the police. Of these, 470 were deals with handling of explosives (EOD)
