Ryan Shuflin wrote:
More importantly, Norway's flag does not have gold on it, but instead has white.
Yes and the Arms are Gold and Red. I think its just a redering of Steel.
Now returning to the pictures in the Link.
Now the Navy.
The upper rather jumpy line presents from dexter to sinister - The Coast Guard, Naval Staff, The Navy, The Coastal Squadron, General Inspector of the Navy, emblem of the Navy, Naval Jeger Command (Special Operations), Naval Schools.
Second row dexter to sinister Chief of the Coast Guard, Nor TG (I'am not sure but perhaps Norwegian Task Group), Frigate Service, Mine Service, Motor Torpedo Boat (Fast Missile Craft) Service, Submarine Service, Naval Jeger Service, Naval Logistics, Sea Warfare School and Naval Commanders' School.
Third row dexter to sinister Coast Guard Vessels Ålesund, Bergen, andenes and Harstad; Tactical Center of the Frigate Service, Tactical Centre of the Mine Service, 1st MCM Division, Tactical Centre of the MTB Service, Tactical Centre of the Submarine Service, Tactical Centre of the Naval Jeger Service, Naval Combat Service Support, KNM Tordenskjold - The Arms of the namesake the Danish-Norwegian Sea Hero Peter Wessel (enobled Tordenskjold) and KNM Harald Haarfagre. The Last two are naval land bases, the Norwegian Navy has inherited the tradition from the Royal Navy in commissioning Land Bases as Ships.
Fourth Row dexter to sinister Coast Guard Vessels Farm, Nornen and Nordkapp, Coast Guard Base Sortland, Frigate KNM Fridtjof Nansen (the Eagle is from the Arms of Nansen), Frigate KNM Roald Amundsen (the Polar Bear symbolises the Polar Explorations of the namesake. A Trident has been added symbolising the Navy), MCM Vessel KNM Alta, MCM Vessel KNM Hinnøy, Fast Missile Craft KNM Skjold, FMC KNM Glimt, Submarine KNM Ula, Submarine KNM Uredd, Tactical Boat Squadron, Coastal Jeger Command, Support Ship KNM Tyr (canting Tyr = Bull), Support Ship KNM Olav Tryggvason - this was a Viking King who owned the Ship Ormen Långe (Long Snake hence the Snake in the Arms).
Fifth row dexter to sinister Coast Guard Vessels Njord (a sea God in norse mythology), Heimdal (the Guard of the Gods, at the event of the ending of the World the Rangarök he sounded his horn alerting the god of the comming of the Giants), Svalbard (Polar Bears are frequently found on this group of northern Islands) and Senja; Frigate KNM Helge Ingstad (alludes to Ingstad's findings in conjuntion to the Viking voyages to America), Frigate KNM Otto Sverdrup (based on the Arms of the namesake a naval officer), MCM Vessel KNM Otra, MCM Vessel KNM Karmøy, FMC KNM Gnist, FMC KNM Skudd, Submarine KNM Uthaug, Submarine KNM Utsira, Mine Clearence Diver Command, Naval Medical Command, NCAGS not sure what this is.
Sixth row dexter to sinister Coast Guard Vessels Tor (shows the Hammer of Tor/Thor), Barentshav and Magnus Lagabøte (the namesake was a king and the Crown and Scepter are taken from his Seal); Frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl (the Mask symbolises one of Heyerdahl's moste famous explorations the voyage of the Kontiki in the Pacific), MCM Vessel KNM Rauma, MCM Vessel KNM Måløy, FMC KNM Steil, FMC KNM Storm, Submarine KNM Utstein, Submarine KNM Utvaer, Naval Base Haakonsvern, Naval Base Ramsund, Royal Norweigan Navy Music Services, Naval Music Band, Naval Museum.
Seventh row dexter to sinister Support Ship KNM Valkyrien, 1st Patrol Boat Section, Training Vessels KNM Kvarven and KNM Nordnes.