Chief of Defence (Norway)

Last modified: 2003-11-22 by phil nelson
Keywords: chief of defence | lion: with axe (yellow) | lion: with axe (white) | cross: scandinavian |
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by Zeljko Heimer

• Description of the flag
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Defence, 1905-1937
• Minister of Defence, 1901-1905

See also:

• Norwegian Rank Flags (Text)
• Norwegian Historical Rank Flags (Text)
• Norway – State Arms
• Norway

The flag is a standard Norwegian tounged flag with a yellow lion rampant holding an axe, in upper hoist square.
Zeljko Heimer, 26 March 1996

State flag defaced with yellow lion with axe in canton. Regarding the dateing of this flag, Jan Oskar Engene mentions it found in 1965 source, so it must have been adopted between in 1937 and 1965. Possibly the position was also formed in the same time. Waht's this possition anyway - is that the head of the joint chiefs of staff, that would be the highest military authority (beside the king, of course). What's the original norwegian title? Then would the general inspectors be the chiefs of their respective services...
Zeljko Heimer, 9 July 2002

According to my encyclopedia, the position was first established during the war of 1940, then reestablished in 1942. The position was abolished in 1946, probably because Crown Prince Olav was appointed Chief of Defence in exile in 1944 and upon liberation and the return of the royal family, the crown princes involvement in political and operational military matters was no longer appropriat