How many people are in the Royal Norwegian Navy?
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HNoMS King Haakon VII HNoMS "King Haakon VII" was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway. She was gifted to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha.
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Royal Norwegian Navy The Royal Norwegian Navy (Norwegian: Sjøforsvaret, "the naval defence (forces)") is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway. s of 2008 , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support vessels and 2 training vessels. The navy also includes the Coast Guard.
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Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - "The Navy's Flying Boat Factory" - was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service' aeroplane manufacturer. It was established in Horten in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940.
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Skjold-class corvette "Skjold"-class corvettes (skjold means "shield" in Norwegian) are a class of six large, superfast, stealth missile corvettes in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy. The boats were formerly classed as MTBs (motor torpedo boats) but, from 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy has described them as corvettes ("korvett") because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes, and because they do not carry torpedoes. They were built at the Umoe Mandal yard. With a maximum speed of 60 knot , the "Skold"-class corvettes were the fastest combat ships afloat at the time of their introduction.
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Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for the Armed Forces
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HNoMS Sleipner Three ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS "Sleipner". The name is derived from Sleipnir - Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of all horses:
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No. 334 Squadron RAF No. 334 (Norwegian) Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the Second World War. After the war it became 334 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
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Serbs in Norway Serbs in Norway (Serbian: Srbi u Norveškoj, Срби у Норвешкој) are Norwegian citizens of Serbian descent or Serbian-born persons who reside in Norway. Serbs are the tenth largest group of foreigners in Norway, altogether with Montenegrins. According to the 2014 census, there are 15,000 people in Norway who are of Serbian origin.
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Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers The Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers (NKIF) is a trade union in Norway. It has a membership of 32,000 and is affiliated with the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).
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Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces (Norwegian: "Forsvarets stabsmusikkorps, FSMK" ) is the foremost of the military bands of the Norwegian Armed Forces and Norway's largest professional wind band, employing 39 full-time musicians. The band is based in Oslo and participates in parades and ceremonies for Norwegian royalty, the government and the armed forces, and tours throughout Norway and abroad. In addition, the band has an extensive concert schedule in the Oslo area.
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RNR (disambiguation) RNR is the Royal Naval Reserve, the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.
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HNoMS Uthaug (S304) HNoMS Uthaug (S304) may refer to one of the following submarines of the Royal Norwegian Navy:
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Storm-class patrol boat The Storm class fast patrol boats (FPB) were a class of 20 vessels built for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
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Conscription in Norway Conscription in Norway means the manner in which citizens of Norway are required to serve the military.
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Personnel of the United States Navy The United States Navy has nearly 500,000 personnel, approximately a quarter of whom are in ready reserve. Of those on active duty, more than eighty percent are enlisted sailors, and around fifteen percent are commissioned officers; the rest are midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy and midshipmen of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at over 180 universities around the country and officer candidates at the Navy's Officer Candidate School.
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Norway Royal Salmon Norway Royal Salmon ASA is a Norwegian fish farm company, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway with a
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List of military aircraft of Norway List of military aircraft of Norway consists of the aircraft of Royal Norwegian Air Force, established in 1944 with the amalgamation of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service and the Norwegian Army Air Service, both of which were established in 1912.
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Norwegian royal family The Norwegian Royal Family is the family of the Norwegian monarch. In Norway there is a distinction between the Royal House and the Royal Family. The Royal House includes only the monarch and their spouse, the heir apparent and their spouse, and the heir apparent's eldest child. The remaining Royal Family includes also all other children, grandchildren and siblings of the monarch, along with their spouses and widows or widowers.
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Telecommunications in Norway Telecommunications in Norway are relatively advanced. There are about as many cellular phone subscription as there are inhabitants in the country (4.7 million), while the number of fixed line telephone subscriptions is declining towards 2 million. As of 2006, 79% of the population had access to internet at home, rising to 95% by 2012.
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HNoMS Draug Two ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS "Draug", after the sea revenant Draugr:
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Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel The Flyvefisken"-class patrol vessels ("Flying fish" in Danish) are warships of the Royal Danish Navy. The class is also known as the Standard Flex 300 or SF300 class. The four vessels sold to the Portuguese Navy are locally referred as Tejo" class.
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Farstad Shipping Farstad Shipping () is a publicly listed supply shipping company with corporate headquarters in Ålesund, Norway. The company has approximately 2,200 employees whereof 1,965 are employed offshore.