Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway
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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.
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[edit] Awarded by or approved by H.M. the King of Norway
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Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Saudi Arabia 
Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Balkans 
Medal for Defense Service Abroad - Afghanistan
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National Service Medal - Army 
National Service Medal - Navy 
National Service Medal - Air Force 
National Service Medal - National Guard
[edit] Royal Family Orders
[edit] Medals of the Royal Court
[edit] 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.
[edit] Other Norwegian decorations
- Tysklandsbrigadens veteranmedalje for veterans of the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany
- Norske Reserveoffiserers Forbunds (NROF) hederstegn
- Norges Forsvarsforenings hederstegn
- Norges Forsvarsforenings verneidrettsmedalje
- Norsk Militært Tidsskrifts medalje for besvarelse av prisoppgave
- Sjømilitære Samfunds medalje for besvarelse av prisoppgave
- Det frivillige Skyttervesens fortjenstmedalje
- Det frivillige Skyttervesens hederstegn
- Norges Skytterforbunds hederstegn
- Norges Røde Kors’ hederstegn
- Norsk Aero klubbs hederstegn
- Norges militære kameratforbunds hederstegn
- Fredsprismedaljen 1988
- Norges Lotteforbunds hederstegn
- Krigsdeltagerforbundets hederstegn
- Sjømilitære Samfunds fortjenstmedalje i gull
- FN-veteranenes landsforbunds hederstegn
- Luftmilitært Samfunds hederstegn
- De norske officerers Rideklubs hederstegn
- Oslo Militære Samfunds hederstegn
[edit] Other foreign decorations
[edit] 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 militære skarpskyttermerke (shooting)
- Det militære marsjmerke (30 km march with gear under a set time)
- Det militære skimerke (skiing)
- Infanterimerket (infantry skils)
- Feltidrettsmerket (military sports)
- Det militære femkampmerke
[edit] 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 armégeværmedalje (NAIS-medaljen) (shooting)
- Det frivillige Skyttervesens skiskyttermedalje (shooting)
- Norges idrettsforbunds idrettsmerke (Norwegian Athletic Society Medal) (sports)
- Norges Svømmeforbunds «Den store havhesten» (swimming)
- KNBLO medal (Netherlands)
[edit] Other approved Norwegian medals
- Hans Majestet Kongens Gardes medalje awarded internally in Hans Majestet Kongens Garde.
[edit] No longer awarded
[edit] 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.[dead link]
- The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav[dead link]
- 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[dead link]
- A private page about Norwegian medals[dead link]
- Norwegian based page about these and other medals
[edit] References
- ^ Norwegian Decorations, The Monarchy Today, retrieved 14 January 2011
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