Military ranks and insignia of Norway
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| Navy (Coast Guard) Air Force Home Guard Cyber Defence Force |
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| Norwegian military ranks |
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| 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 non-commissioned officer system and thus Sergeant and Petty officer 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) used to be 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 used to be 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.
A new set of NCO rank and rating insignia will be used starting 2016, but the officer ranks and their respective insignia will stay, however.
Norwegian military ranks until 2016
Graphical view of insignia to be used from 2016 onward
Army
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 Generalløytnant |
 Generalmajor |
 Brigader |
 Oberst |
 Oberstløytnant |
 Major |
 Kaptein / Rittmester |
 Løytnant |
 Fenrik |
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| Sersjantmajor | Kommandersersjant | Stabssersjant | Oversersjant | Sersjant | Korporal 1. klasse | Korporal | Visekorporal 1. klasse | Visekorporal | Ledende Menig | Menig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air force
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 Generalløytnant |
 Generalmajor |
 Brigader |
 Oberst |
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 Major |
 Kaptein |
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 Fenrik |
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| Sersjantmajor | Kommandersersjant | Stabssersjant | Vingsersjant | Sersjant | Seniorkorporal | Korporal | Seniorvisekorporal | Visekorporal | Flysoldat | |||||||||||||||||||
Navy
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| Flaggmester | Orlogsmester | Flotiljemester | Skvadronmester | Kvartermester | Konstabel 1. klasse | Konstabel | Visekonstabel 1. klasse | Visekonstabel | Menig | |||||||||||||||||||