Women in Norway have been able to fill military roles since 1938, and during the Second World War both enlisted women and female officers served in all branches of the military. However in 1947 political changes commanded that women only serve in civilian posts., with reservists allowing women to join them in 1959.Between 1977 and 1984, the Norwegian Parliament passed laws expanding the role of women in the Norwegian Armed Forces, and in 1985 the equal opportunities legislations were applied to the military. Norwegian women are permitted to serve in a voluntary basis, however in the event of national mobilisation they will be under the same pressures as men.In 1995, Norway became the first country to allow women to serve on its military submarines, and to this date there has been at least one female commander of a Norwegian submarine.[28], the first Solveig Krey in 1995.[29]
The Norwegian government has set a target of 15% of their armed forces to consist of women by 2008, from the 2006 value of 6.6%.[30] This aims are accompanied with efforts to increase the awareness of sexual exploitation and gender issues within the armed forces. All women between 18-20 are given the opportunity to attend national conscription selection.
Currently, each section of the Norwegian armed forces contains the current number of women (as of 2006):
-Army 132
-Navy 115
-Air force 83
-Home Guard 13
-Logistics 111
The highest rank currently attained by a woman in the Norwegian armed forces is that of Brigadier. Source from wikipedia



