Military ranks and insignia of Norway
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| Navy (Coast Guard) Air Force Home Guard Cyber Defence Force |
| Ranks |
| Norwegian military ranks |
| Bugle calls |
| Bugle calls of the Norwegian Army |
| Armed Forces equipment |
| Army equipment Norwegian naval ships Norwegian military aircraft |
The green part represents soldiers and the equivalent of non-commissioned officers. The blue part represents officers. Norway does not have a NCO-system and thus Sergeant and Quartermaster are grouped with the officers under the common designation befal. The officers are divided into three groups: The befal (company officers, ranks Ensign to Captain inclusive), the staff officers (stabsoffiser, ranks Major to Brigader inclusive), and the generals (Major General to General inclusive).
Fenrik (Ensign) was previously referred to as Second Lieutenant (Norwegian: Fenrik), while the rank of lieutenant went by First Lieutenant. The rank of Brigadier is not an old tradition in the Norwegian armed forces and was instated as a replacement for Oberst I (First Colonel); what is now Oberst was previously Oberst II (Second Colonel).
As shown, the Cavalry have two ranks which differ from the regular Army: Dragon (Dragoon) instead of Menig (Private), and Rittmester (Master of the Horse) instead of Kaptein (Captain).
The ranks of Grenader and Matros are bestowed upon soldiers who have finished the 12 months compulsory service and have signed one or more three-year contracts to continue serving. The ranks of Visekorporal/Visekonstabel/Vingsoldat (Corporal/Leading Rate) are usually ascribed to soldiers with long and/or outstanding service, though may be bestowed on soldiers with extra responsibilities (e.g. the shift-commander among a group of soldiers on guard-duty). A UB-Korporal/Kvartermesteraspirant (Rate Corporal/Petty Officer-in-training) is a soldier who has finished the UB course (Utskrevet Befalskurs), a course intended to prepare conscripted soldiers for non-commissioned officer duties, but is still under training in "the field". After one year course and service these soldiers are qualified for the rank of Sersjant or Kvartermester.
Norwegian military ranks
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 Menig Private |
 Flysoldat |
 Menig Junior Seaman |
OR1 |
  Visekorporal Lance Corporal |
  Vingsoldat |
 Visekonstabel Seaman |
OR2 |
 Visekorporal 1. Klasse Master Lance Corporal |
 Vingsoldat 1. Klasse |
No equivalent | OR3 |
 Korporal Corporal |
  Korporal Corporal |
 Konstabel Leading Seaman |
OR4 |
 Sersjant Sergeant |
 Sersjant Sergeant |
 Kvartermester Petty Officer |
OR5 |
 Fenrik Second Lieutenant |
 Fenrik Sub-lieutenant |
OF1 | |
 Løytnant Lieutenant |
 Løytnant Lieutenant |
OF1 | |
 Kaptein Captain |
 Kapteinløytnant Lieutenant Commander |
OF2 | |
 Major Major |
 Orlogskaptein Commander |
OF3 | |
 Oberstløytnant Lieutenant Colonel |
 Kommandørkaptein Commander, Senior grade |
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 Oberst Colonel |
 Kommandør Captain (Navy) |
OF5 | |
 Brigader Brigadier |
 Flaggkommandør Commodore |
OF6 | |
 Generalmajor Major General |
 Kontreadmiral Rear Admiral |
OF7 | |
 Generalløytnant Lieutenant General |
 Viseadmiral Vice Admiral |
OF8 | |
 General General |
 Admiral Admiral |
OF9 | |
Graphical view of insignia
Army
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student Officer | |
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 Norway(Edit) |
No Equivalent | General |
Generalløytnant |
Generalmajor |
Brigader |
Oberst |
Oberstløytnant |
Major |
Kaptein / Rittmester |
Løytnant |
Fenrik |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
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| Sersjant | Korporal | Visekorporal 1. klasse | Visekorporal | Menig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air force
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student Officer | |
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| Norway (Edit) |
No Equivalent | General |
Generalløytnant |
Generalmajor |
Brigader |
Oberst |
Oberstløytnant |
Major |
Kaptein / Rittmester |
Løytnant |
Fenrik |
No Equivalent | No Equivalent |
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| Sersjant | Korporal | Vingsoldat 1. klasse | Vingsoldat | Flysoldat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student Officer | |
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 Norway (Edit) |
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| Admiral | Viseadmiral | Kontreadmiral | Flaggkommandør | Kommandør | Kommandørkaptein | Orlogskaptein | Kapteinløytnant | Løytnant | Fenrik | ||||
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| Kvartermester | Konstabel | Visekonstabel 1. klasse | Visekonstabel | Menig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||