List of Royal Norwegian Navy bases
Haakonsvern
Ramsund
Trondenes Fort
Sortland Naval Base
KNM Harald Haarfagre
Karljohansvern
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Royal Norwegian Navy basesA list of Royal Norwegian Navy bases both past and present.
Active
- Haakonsvern orlogsstasjon established 1962, the main base.
- Ramsund Naval Base is a Norwegian logistics base and holds a detachment of Norwegian Naval EOD Commandos and includes training facilities for the Norwegian Naval Special Operations Command.[1] While having no permanent troops stationed there, the US Navy rotates contractors and military personnel in order to maintain facilities and service US ships.[2]
- Trondenes Fort established 1943, main base for the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command.
- Sortland Naval Base, base for Coast Guard Squadron North of the Norwegian Coast Guard.[citation needed]
- KNM Harald Haarfagre at Madla, Royal Norwegian Navy (and Air Force) Basic Training Establishment.[citation needed]
- Karljohansvern former main base,[citation needed] minor units still[when?] present.
- Including Norske Løve Fortress
Ceremonial commands
Places where the Navy has the formal command and maintains a commandantship, but where the military activity beyond administration and ceremony is very low.
- Bergenhus Fortress (ca. 1200–today)
- Including Sverresborg
- Vardøhus Fortress (1306–today)
Former bases
- Olavsvern (?–2009) auxiliary base.
- Fredriksvern (1677–2002), was the main base until 1864.
- Hysnes orlogsstasjon (?–2002)
- Marvika orlogsstasjon(?–2002)
- Ulsnes orlogsstasjon(?–2002)
Coastal artillery forts and fortresses
Coastal artillery was part of the Navy organisation from 1934 until it was disbanded in 2002.
- Agdenes Fortress 1898 -
- Brettingen Fort
- Hysnes Fort
- Hambara Fort
- Bolærne Fort (1916–2005) Located outside Tønsberg, outer oslofjord. Disbanded.
- Breiviknes Fort Disbanded
- Fjell Fortress (1942–2004), disbanded 1999, sold 2004.
- Grøtsund Fort Disbanded.
- Herdla Fort (1940–2001) Disbanded, now a museum.
- Korsnes Fort Disbanded, and demolished
- Krossodden Fort
- Kråkvåg Fort Disbanded and demolished
- Kvalvik Fort
- Malangen Fort Disbanded and demolished
- Meløyvær Fortress Disbanded, now a museum.
- Nes Fort (?–2001) Disbanded and demolished
- Nesje Fort (1940–2004), in the Sognefjord, the fort was handed over to the Norwegian Home Guard in 1958 and was operated by that organisation until 2004.
- Oddane Fort - maintained as a possible future museum.
- Odderøya Fort (1667–1999), at Odderøya near Kristiansand.
- Oscarsborg Fortress (1643–2003)
- Rauøy Fort Disbanded and partly demolished. Now a training ground for Norwegian special forces.
- Rødbergodden Fort
- Skjellanger Fort Disbanded
- Vigdel Fort, near Stavanger
- Visterøy Fort Disbanded
- Årøybukt Fort Disbanded
References
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- Coast Guard
- Navy Fleet (Marinen)[i]
- Naval Academy
- Naval Recruit School
- Coastal Ranger Command
- Naval EOD Command
- Chief of the Navy
- Museum
- Haakonsvern
- Madlamoen
- Ramsund
- Sortland
- Trondenes
- (Former: Fredriksvern
- Karljohansvern
- Olavsvern
- Oscarsborg)
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- Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
- Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk
- Norwegian Coastal Artillery
- Norwegian Coastal Home Guard
- ^ Unarmed intelligence vessels. The Norwegian Intelligence Service is not a part of the Royal Norwegian Navy, but they both answer to the Chief of Defence.