Commander in Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces
The Commander in Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces ( Norwegian Forsvarssjefen ) is the highest ranking officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces and adviser to the Norwegian government on military matters. As such, he implements the guidelines set by the Norwegian king and the government. The post was created in 1940 and the current Commander in Chief has been Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen since the end of 2013 .
Formally, the commander- in -chief is subordinate to the king, who also has the rank of general or admiral , but this has no effect in practice.
Commander in Chief since 1940
| Surname | Armed forces | Beginning | The End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major General Otto Ruge | army | May 18, 1940 | June 9, 1940 |
|
Vakant ( de facto Major General Carl Gustav Fleischer ) |
June 10, 1940 | February 22, 1942 | |
| Major General Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen | army | February 23, 1942 | June 31, 1944 |
| Crown Prince Olav | army | July 1, 1944 | July 15, 1945 |
| Lieutenant General Otto Ruge | army | July 16, 1945 | December 31, 1945 |
| Rear Admiral Elias Corneliussen | marine | January 1, 1946 | May 31, 1946 |
| Major General Halvor Hansson | army | June 1, 1946 | July 31, 1946 |
| Lieutenant General Ole Berg (as Chief of Defense Staff) |
army | August 1, 1946 | October 31, 1955 |
| Lieutenant General Finn Lambrechts (as Chief of Defense Staff) |
air force | November 1, 1955 | December 8, 1956 |
| Lieutenant General Bjarne Øen (as Chief of Defense Staff) |
air force | January 10, 1957 | December 31, 1962 |
| Lieutenant General Bjarne Øen | air force | January 1, 1963 | December 31, 1963 |
| Vice Admiral Folke Hauger Johannessen | marine | January 1, 1964 | December 31, 1972 |
| General Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen | army | February 1, 1972 | March 20, 1977 |
| General Sverre B. Hamre | army | March 21, 1977 | June 30, 1982 |
| General Sven Hauge | air force | July 1, 1982 | June 30, 1984 |
| General Fredrik Bull-Hansen | army | July 1, 1984 | August 31, 1987 |
| General Vigleik Eide | army | August 31, 1987 | 5th September 1989 |
| Admiral Torolf Rein | marine | 5th September 1989 | October 31, 1994 |
| General Arne Solli | army | October 31, 1994 | April 30, 1999 |
| General Sigurd Frisvold | army | May 1, 1999 | March 31, 2005 |
| General Sverre this one | army | April 1, 2005 | September 30, 2009 |
| General Harald Sunde | army | October 1, 2009 | 19th November 2013 |
| Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen | marine | since November 19, 2013 | |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of the Chief of Defense of Norway position and a listing of holders (in Norwegian) ( Memento from September 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Thomas K. Derry: A History of modern Norway. 1814-1972. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1973, ISBN 0-19-822503-2 .
- ^ François Kersaudy: Norway 1940. St. Martin's Press, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-312-06427-6 .
- ^ Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen appointed new Chief of Defense - www.regjeringen.no
Otto Ruge (1940) • Carl Gustav Fleischer (1940–1942, de facto ) • Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen (1942–1944) • Olaf V. (1944–1945) • Otto Ruge (1945) • Elias Corneliussen (1946) • Halvor Hansson (1946) • Ole Berg (1946–1955) • Finn Lambrechts (1955–1956) • Bjarne Øen (1957–1963) • Folke Hauger Johannessen (1964–1972) • Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen (1972–1977) • Sverre B. Hamre (1977–1982) • Sven Hauge (1982–1984) • Fredrik Bull-Hansen (1984–1987) • Vigleik Eide (1987–1989) • Torolf Rein (1989–1994) • Arne Solli (1994–1999) • Sigurd Frisvold (1999–2005) • Sverre haben ( 2005–2009) • Harald Sunde (2009–2013) • Haakon Bruun-Hanssen (2013–2020) • Eirik Johan Kristoffersen (since 2020)