Princess Ingrid Alexandra visited the army – NRK Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

When Princess Ingrid Alexandra one day becomes Queen of Norway, she will also become Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

A total of three “dream days” in the army, navy and air force were the gift of the military when the princess turned 18 in January.

Today he visited the army at Setermoen camp in Indre Troms. The artillery battalion, the armored battalion and the health battalion are stationed there.

The princess tried, among other things, an armored storm vehicle and a tank.

Army spokesman Brage Wiik-Hansen said this The Forum of Defense before the visit that even Princess Ingrid Alexandra could have tried to shoot with the new K9 artillery vehicle.

Happy princess

During her visit to Setermoen, the princess also took part in a sanitation exercise, where she helped evacuate an “wounded” soldier on a stretcher.

The 18-year-old also met conscripts of the same age and ate field rations around the fire.

At the end of the visit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra had a hard time pointing out what the funniest thing was during that eventful day.

– I think it’s so hard to choose. I can’t say which one is more fun. Everything is fun!

Last week the princess visited the Navy.

Then, among other things, she was part of the Stridsbåt 90 fast boat, and she herself had the opportunity to steer the ship, according to Kongehuset.no.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra also participated in a sanitation exercise with the Norwegian Navy and took part in a navigation exercise aboard the KNM Corvette Glimt, one of the fastest military ships in the world.

Fighter jets flew

Just a year ago, last November, the princess visited the troop of huntersni The Norwegian Armed Forces Special Command in Rena. The visit was part of the Norwegian Armed Forces’ confirmation gift to Princess Ingrid Alexandra in 2019.

While visiting the Special Command, the then 17-year-old princess wore a military uniform and he jumped from a jumping towerwhere soldiers practice parachute jumping.

Only a few weeks later the princess was one of the last in Norway to fly the F-16 fighterbefore the aircraft type was phased out after 40 years in service for Norway.

She checked the levers herself for parts of the trip. I saw the kingdom from the air. Above Evenes, over the “national mountain of Norway” Stetind – towards Bardufoss, down towards Lofoten and back to the sea areas around Bodø.

Cool enough, the princess described her as herself.

– I learned a lot about the military on those trips. It was also my first official solo assignment. Both visits were wonderful and very informative, Princess Ingrid Alexandra said when NRK interviewed her in connection with her 18th birthday in January.

Conscription

It is not yet known whether the princess chooses the military after finishing high school, as her father and grandfather did.

When NRK asked if she had to be in the military to be the queen, who is then the commander-in-chief of the military, she replied:

– I have compulsory military service like everyone else, but there is nothing in the Constitution that says I need a military education. So not because of my role anyway.