The State Administration Database

The Air Force

This page shows the event history for this unit.

10.11.1944 Founding by merger

Name: The Air Force
Short name: Luftforsvaret
Affiliations: Other public administration body
COFOG 02 Defence
Superior body: Ministry of Defence
Belongs to group Norwegian armed forces
Main affiliation category: Integrated civil service organization
Located: -1
Merged bodies:
  • Army Air Force
  • Naval Air Force

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1953* Change of name

Name: * Royal Air Force
Short name: Flyvåpenet

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1959* Change of name

Name: The Air Force
Short name: Luftforsvaret

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.