The Norwegian Union of Military Officers () is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

, organized under the national

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almo ...

. It was founded in 1896, and eventually got the name ''Norges Befalslag''. In 1978 it was merged with ''Luftforsvarets Befalsforbund'' to form ''Norges Befalsforbund.'' the name it has currently was adopted in 1986. It had about 6,500 members in 2005.

Paul Engstad Paul Øistein Engstad (13 October 1926 – 13 May 2012) was a Norwegian writer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Sauda. He was a journalist in the Labour-aligned newspaper ''Arbeiderbladet'', and held several positions in the La ...

''Norges offisersforbund 100 år : 1896-1996'' Its headquarters are located in Oslo. It publishes the magazine ''Befalsbladet''.

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Trade unions in Norway Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Organisations based in Oslo Trade unions established in 1896 {{Norway-mil-stub

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