List of Royal Norwegian Navy bases
A list of Royal Norwegian Navy bases both past and present.
Royal Norwegian Navy bases
Still active
- Haakonsvern orlogsstasjon established 1962, the main base.
- Ramsund Naval Base a logistics base.
- 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.
- KNM Harald Haarfagre at Madla, Royal Norwegian Navy (and Air Force) Basic Training Establishment.
- Karljohansvern former main base, minor units still 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, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Breiviknes Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Fjell Fortress (1942–2004), disbanded 1999, sold 2004.
- Grøtsund Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Herdla Fort (1940–2001) Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Korsnes Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Krossodden Fort
- Kråkvåg Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Kvalvik Fort
- Malangen Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Meløyvær Fortress Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Nes Fort (?-2001) Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- 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
- Odderøya Fort (1667-1999), at Odderøya near Kristiansand.
- Oscarsborg Fortress (1643-2003)
- Rauøy Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Rødbergodden Fort
- Skjellanger Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Vigdel Fort, near Stavanger
- Visterøy Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
- Årøybukt Fort Disbanded, but still maintained for possible future use.
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