Norway joined NATO on 4 April 1949 as a founding member, along with eleven other countries.
[1] Norway committed an effort to NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia in 1999 and in Libya in 2011.
[4] That belief changed due to the German occupation during the Second World War, as neutrality was considered to be no longer a feasible policy.
[5] After the war Norway intensified its cooperation with the United Kingdom and secured support under the US Marshall Plan.
[10] In March 2024, large NATO military exercises in Finnmark, northern Norway, resulted in significant damage.