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Ministry of Defence of Norway

Norwegian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
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Ministry of Defence of Norway

Summary

Ministry of Defence of Norway is a defence ministry[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (defence_ministry category, ranking #38 of 84).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministry of Defence of Norway is in the country of Norway[3].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's instance of is recorded as defence ministry[4].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's instance of is recorded as Ministry of Norway[5].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's headquarters location is recorded as Akershus Fortress[6].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Norwegian Defence Research Establishment[7].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency[8].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Norwegian Armed Forces[9].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Norwegian Defence Estates Agency[10].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Norwegian Agency for Classified Information Systems[11].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's child organization or unit is recorded as Forsvarshistorisk museum[12].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's chairperson is recorded as Tore O. Sandvik[13].
  • September 1, 1885 marks the founding of Ministry of Defence of Norway[14].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.906747222222, 'lon': 10.742633333333}[15].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Norway[16].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's official website is recorded as http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fd.html?id=380[17].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry of Defence of Norway[18].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Norway[19].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's replaces is recorded as Royal Ministry of Army[20].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's replaces is recorded as Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs of Norway[21].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Forsvarsdepartementet'}[22].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's legal form is recorded as staten[23].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'FD'}[24].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Minister of Defence[25].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Govdirectory[26].
  • Ministry of Defence of Norway's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24165'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include defence ministry[4] and Ministry of Norway[5].

Origins

September 1, 1885 marks the founding of Ministry of Defence of Norway[14].

Why It Matters

Ministry of Defence of Norway draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (defence_ministry category, ranking #38 of 84).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Open Funder Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . regjeringen.no. regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . regjeringen.no. regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . regjeringen.no. regjeringen.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14572 → DEP_FD_1885_09_01
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14572]]: DEP_FD_1885_09_01"
  2. 8w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → +434
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1128]]: 434, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259350|batch #259350]]"
  3. 8w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subsidiary → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Govdirectory
    Chairperson → Frank Bakke-Jensen, Odd Roger Enoksen, Bjørn Arild Gram +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 59.906747222222, 'lon': 10.742633333333}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P452]]: [[Q29585958]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259351|batch #259351]]"
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