Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway

National Service Medal,
army version

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.

Awarded by or approved by H.M. the King of Norway

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1. War Cross with sword
2. Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement
3. The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
4. The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
5. Haakon VIIs Freedom Cross
6. St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch
7. Medal for Heroism in Gold
8. The Kings Medal of Merit in Gold
9. St Olavs medal
10. War Medal
11. Medal of Heroism, Military
    

    Military Medal of Heroism.
12. Haakon VIIs Freedom Medal
13. Medal for Heroism in Silver
14. Medal for Rescue at Sea
15. Nansen medal for Outstanding Research
16. Police Cross of Honour
17. Civil Defence Cross of Honour
18. Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch
19. Police Service Medal with Laurel Branch
20. Civil Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch
21. The Kings Medal of Merit in Silver
22. Defence Medal 1940 – 1945
23. H. M. The Kings Medal of Merit for Service in the Home Guard
24. Norwegian Korea Medal
25. Maudheim medal
26. Antarctic Medal
27. H. M. The Kings Commemorative Medal in Gold
28. The Royal House Centenary Medal
29. Haakon VIIs Commemorative Medal 1. October 1957
30. Haakon VIIs Jubilee Medal 1905 – 1930
31. Haakon VIIs Jubilee Medal 1905 – 1955
32. Haakon VIIs 70th Anniversary Medal
33. Haakon VIIs Centenary Medal
34. Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991
35. Olav Vs Jubilee Medal
36. Olav Vs Centenary Medal
37. H. M. The Kings Commemorative Medal in Silver
38. Defence Service Medal
39. Police Service Medal
40. Civil Defence Service Medal
41. Defence Medal - Wounded in Action
42. Defence Medal International Operations
43. Police Medal International Service
44. Civil Defence International Service
45. Medal for Defence Service Abroad
46. Medal for Defence Operation Abroad
47. National Service Medal

Royal Family Orders

• Royal Family Order of King Haakon VII of Norway
• Royal Family Order of King Olav V of Norway
• Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway

Medals of the Royal Court

• The King's Commemorative Medal

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.

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

Other foreign decorations

• Multinational Force and Observers Medal
• PLANELM Medal

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

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)

Other approved Norwegian medals

• Hans Majestet Kongens Gardes medalje awarded internally in Hans Majestet Kongens Garde.

No longer awarded

Star of the Order of the Norwegian lion.

• The Royal Norwegian Order of the Norwegian Lion

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

References

1. ^ Norwegian Decorations, The Monarchy Today, retrieved 14 January 2011