National Service Medal,
army version

This is a list of Norwegian orders and medals, in order of precedence. This list contains all medals approved for wearing on a Norwegian military uniform in ranked order.

Awarded by or approved by H.M. the King of Norway

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Medals for Defense Service Abroad

|- | |Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Saudi Arabia |- | |Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Balkans |- | |Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Afghanistan |- |}

Medals for Defense Operations Abroad

|- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Bosnia-Herzegovina |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Kosovo-Serbia-Montenegro |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Afghanistan |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Active Endeavour |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Iraq |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Baltic Accession |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Sudan |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Lebanon |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Chad |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Somalia |- | |Medal for Defense Operations Abroad - Libya |- |}

National Service Medal

|- | |National Service Medal - Army |- | |National Service Medal - Navy |- | |National Service Medal - Air Force |- | |National Service Medal - National Guard |- |}

Royal Family Orders

• Royal Family Order of King Haakon VII of Norway

• Royal Family Order of King Olav V of Norway

• Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway

Foreign decorations

Decorations that are awarded or approved by foreign heads of state, the United Nations or NATO. They are ranked as follows: British, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Swedish, UN, NATO, other countries are ranked alphabetically by their name in French.

Other Norwegian decorations

Other foreign decorations

• Multinational Force and Observers Medal
• PLANELM Medal

Medals awarded for military skills

These decorations are most often divided in three classes: bronze, silver and gold. They are most often awarded as metal badges, but if the gold requirements are met over several years a medal is awarded.

• Det milit re skarpskyttermerke (shooting)
• Det milit re marsjmerke (30 km march with gear under a set time)
• Det milit re skimerke (skiing)
• Infanterimerket (infantry skils)
• Feltidrettsmerket (military sports)
• Det milit re femkampmerke

Civil medals of skill

These share most of the characteristics of the badges and medals awarded for military skills, but the requirements may vary more. They may only be worn on military uniform as medals.

• Det frivillige Skyttervesens dugleiksmerke (shooting)
• Norges Skytterforbunds arm gev rmedalje (NAIS-medaljen) (shooting)
• Det frivillige Skyttervesens skiskyttermedalje (shooting)
• Norges idrettsforbunds idrettsmerke (Norwegian Athletic Society Medal) (sports)
• Norges Sv mmeforbunds Den store havhesten (swimming)
• KNBLO medal (Netherlands)

Other approved Norwegian medals

• Hans Majestet Kongens Gardes medalje awarded internally in Hans Majestet Kongens Garde.

No longer awarded

Star of the Order of the Norwegian lion.

• The Royal Norwegian Order of the Norwegian Lion

External links

• Norwegian Royal House web page list of Norwegian medals
• The Collection of Henrik Revens Website features orders and medals of Norway as well as other Nordic countries.
• The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
• warsailors.com about the war medals
• A private page with very nice images
• This list on medals.org
• Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Norway
• A private page about Norwegian medals
• Norwegian based page about these and other medals

References

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