Haakonsvern Naval Base

Royal Norwegian Navy's main base

Haakonsvern Naval Base
Haakonsvern orlogsstasjon
Bergen in Norway
Site information
Operator	Royal Norwegian Navy
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	1962

Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the Nordic area. The base is located at Mathopen within Bergen municipality, about 15 km south-west of the city centre. Around 5,400 people work at the base as conscripts, officers or civilian staff.

The base was established in 1962 when the main naval activities were moved from Horten in the Oslofjord to Bergen. It is the main base for most vessels within the Royal Norwegian Navy and frequently visited by allied vessels. Haakonsvern contains the Royal Norwegian Naval Training Establishment (KNM Tordenskjold) as well as repair and maintenance facilities, including an underground dock facility with the capacity to take frigates.

External links

Media related to Haakonsvern Naval Base at Wikimedia Commons

Haakonsvern official website (in English)

Royal Norwegian Navy

Organization

Coast Guard
Navy Fleet (Marinen)^[i]
Naval Academy
Naval Recruit School
Coastal Ranger Command
Naval EOD Command
Chief of the Navy
Museum

Bases

Haakonsvern
Madlamoen
Ramsund
Sortland
Trondenes
(Former: Fredriksvern
Karljohansvern
Olavsvern
Oscarsborg)

Ships

Coast Guard

Barentshav class Jan Mayen class Nordkapp class Nornen class
Bison Harstad Jarl Svalbard Ålesund

Navy Fleet

Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate Skjold-class corvette Ula-class submarine Type 212CD submarine
Alta-class minesweeper Oksøy-class mine hunter Reine-class patrol vessel SB90N-class fast assault craft
Maud Nordkapp Norge

Intelligence^[ii]

Eger
Marjata

History

Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk
Norwegian Coastal Artillery
Norwegian Coastal Home Guard

^ In English, the Royal Norwegian Navy is the larger military branch that includes both the Coast Guard and the Navy Fleet. However, in Norwegian, the larger branch is called the Sea Defence, and the term Navy refers to the Navy Fleet.
^ Unarmed intelligence vessels. The Norwegian Intelligence Service is not a part of the Royal Norwegian Navy, but they both answer to the Chief of Defence.