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Chief of the Navy (Norway)

The Chief of the Navy (Norwegian: Sjef Sjøforsvaret) is the Commander–in–chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Chief of the Navy
Sjef Sjøforsvaret
Incumbent
Rune Andersen
since 27 October 2020
 Royal Norwegian Navy
Reports to Chief of Defence
Formation1901
First holderChristian Sparre

The Chief of the Navy is head over the Naval Staff, the Coast Guard, The Fleet and the main naval bases.[1] Presiding over close to 3600 soldiers,[2] the Chief of the Navy has great responsibility to lead and defend. With the seas under his discretion, the Chief of the Navy watches over the seas which are seven times greater in area than that of Norway's mainland.

The Naval Staff is based at Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen, western Norway.[3]

Name of the position

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  • 1970 - 2017: General inspector of the Navy[4]
  • 2017 - today: Chief of the Navy[5]

List of chiefs

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Commanding Admiral

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No. Picture Commanding Admiral Took office Left office Time in office
1Wandel, CarlVice admiral
Christian Sparre
(1859–1940)		22 December 190119108–9 years
2Dawes, KarlRear admiral
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes
(1861–1941)		191019198–9 years
3Berglund, AlfredRear admiral
Alfred Berglund
(1862–1945)		1919193010–11 years
4Lippe, JakobRear admiral
Jakob von der Lippe
(1872–1953)		1930August 19343–4 years
5Otto, EdgarRear admiral
Edgar Otto
(1872–1952)		August 193419383–4 years
6Diesen, HenryRear admiral
Henry Diesen
(1883–1953)		1938August 19412–3 years

Chief of the Navy

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No. Picture Chief of the Navy Took office Left office Time in office
1Corneliussen, EliasRear admiral
Elias Corneliussen
(1881–1951)		August 194119464–5 years
2Horve, ThoreVice admiral
Thore Horve
(1899–1990)		1946May 19492–3 years
3Danielsen, EdvardVice admiral
Edvard Christian Danielsen
(1888–1964)		May 194919511–2 years
4Storheill, SkuleVice admiral
Skule Storheill
(1907–1992)		195119542–3 years
5Jacobsen, PeterVice admiral
Peter J. Espeland Jacobsen		195419594–5 years
6Hostvedt, ErlingVice admiral
Erling G. Hostvedt		195919622–3 years
7Sørenssen, AimarVice admiral
Aimar Sørenssen [no]
(1905–1986)		196219674–5 years
8Braadland, MagneVice admiral
Magne Braadland		196719702–3 years

General Inspector for the Navy

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Chief of the Navy

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No. Picture Chief of the Navy Took office Left office Time in office Ref.
1Wandel, CarlRear admiral
Lars Saunes [no]
(born 1959)		1 January 201716 August 2017227 days[6]
2Stensønes, Nils AndreasRear admiral
Nils-Andreas Stensønes
(born 1964)		16 August 201727 October 20203 years, 72 days[6]
3Andersen, RuneRear admiral
Rune Andersen		27 October 2020Incumbent4 years, 26 days[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Navy - Norwegian Armed Forces".
  2. ^ "Forsvaret i tall - Forsvaret".
  3. ^ The Norwegian Armed Forces
  4. ^ "Forsvarets overkommando – Store norske leksikon". 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ Kampkraft og bærekraft (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ a b Kvamme, Ole Dag (21 June 2017). "Stensønes ny sjef for Sjøforsvaret". aldrimer.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ Furrevik, Gro Anita (27 October 2020). "I dag blir Rune Andersen ny sjøsjef". forsvaretsforum.no (in Norwegian). Forsvarets forum. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  8. ^ Rognstrand, Andrea; Olsen, Øyvind Førland (16 October 2020). "Sjef Marinen blir sjef Sjøforsvaret". forsvaretsforum.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 May 2021.


 

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