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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945:
  • Norwegian military uniform 1940: Norwegian Army (Norwegian: Hæren) officer's 'mountain-grey' service uniform M1934 used in 1940 during the German invasion of Norway in World War II:
    • Kepi with rank insignia and a tricolour national cockade and gold Norwegian lion-and-axe motif (coat of arms of Norway): This kepi belonged to Birger Eriksen, the colonel who commanded Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord and the sinking of the German battleship Blücher on April 9, 1940. The cap was the one he had on his head the night Blücher was sunk.
    • Tunic with closed standing fall-down collar, buttoned front, external (outer, patch) pleated breast and waist pockets with buttoned, scalloped flaps, Oberst rank insignia (stars and gold braid), green piping at the collars and cuffs, and a Norwegian national flag on upper right sleeve. Buttons with the insignia of coastal artillery (Kystartilleriet).
    • Brown leather belt with shoulder straps
    • Norwegian military decorations and proficiency badges:
Norwegian Army Uniforms c. 1914 – 1940 according to Hærens uniformer i vårt århundrede by Knut Erik Strøm (Oslo, 1996):
In 1914 the new 'mountain-grey' (fjellgrå) uniform with red piping were standard for all troops. (...) In 1934 there came a new version without red piping for privates, while officers and n.c.o.s had green piping on the tunic and double green stripes on the trousers. The private's pockets got pleates, and the tunic had oxidized buttons showing both in front and on the pocket flaps. All metal insignia except for generals and the Coast Artillery were inn dull silver.
When the army was rebuilt in exile from 1940, there were some confusion regarding insignia and other details. The Norwegian army wore British pattern battledress. The service-dress was either a modified British tunic without shoulder straps, or a tunic with pockets like the Norwegian 1934-pattern tunic. Rank insignia, cap badges etc. were of the Norwegian pre-war type, and officer's rank insignia were worn on the collar both on the tunic and on the battledress.
See Norwegian uniforms & equipment 1940 by Bjorn Jervaas.
  • Photographs from the sinking of Blücher, Birger Eriksen, and others.
  • Nazi propaganda posters by Harald Damsleth.
  • Etc.


Norsk bokmål: Foto tatt i Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum i Svolvær, Norges største utstilling av uniformer og mindre gjenstander med tilknytning til andre verdenskrig og den tyske okkupasjonen av Norge 1940–1945:
  • Norsk offisersuniform 1940: Den norske hærens «fjellgrå» tjenesteuniform for offiserer i modell innført 12. mai 1934 slik den ble båret under Hitler-Tysklands angrep på Norge under andre verdenskrig våren 1940:
    • Kepi (stiv skyggelue) med distinksjoner i form av galoner rundt hodebåndet og trefarget kokarde/rosett og norsk løve på luelstolpen. Uniformslua har tilhørt Birger Eriksen, obersten som hadde kommandoen på Oscarsborg festning i Oslofjorden og fikk senket det tyske slagskipet «Blücher» 9. april 1940: Kepien (uniformsluen) er Birger Eriksens originale offiserslue. Det var denne han hadde på hodet den natten Blücher ble senket.
    • Uniformsjakke kantet med grønn passepoil, med gradtegn (distinksjoner) for oberst på kragen (stjerner og gullgalon), fire påsydde lommer med fold og klaff, spisse ermeoppslag (mansjetter), og norsk flagg på høyre erme. Knappene har symbol for Kystartilleriet.
    • Brunt lærtøy (bandolær), belte/livreim med to skulderreimer
    • Militære utmerkelser og ferdighetsmerker (jakkenåler):
Les om norske militæruniformer fra denne tidsperioden i Hærens uniformer i vårt århundrede : et billedhefte side 13-31 og Hærens intendantur 150 år side 40.
  • Fotografier fra senkingen av Blücher, Birger Eriksen og annet
  • Nazistiske propagandaplakater av Harald Damsleth
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