{"id":54712,"date":"2026-05-04T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/?p=54712"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:01:28","slug":"manoeuvre-mjoelner-2026-northern-norway-german-navy-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/manoever-mjoelner-2026-nordnorwegen-deutsche-marine-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Mj\u00f8lner 2026 manoeuvre in northern Norway - practice on the northern flank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Multinational maritime manoeuvre Mj\u00f8lner 2026 in northern Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54714\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54714\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"On 28 April, during the manoeuvre, a RAS start-up and a RAS took place with the Einsatzgruppenversorger Bonn and the frigate Sachsen-Anhalt (from left to right: frigate Sachsen-Anhalt and Einsatzgruppenversorger Bonn).\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25-18x12.jpg 18w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260428_FGS-HH_Ras-Anlaeufe-SAHT-BONN_OMt-Kelm_25.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RAS with Einsatzgruppenversorger Bonn and the frigate Sachsen-Anhalt. Photo: Bw\/Kelm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On 1 May 2026, the ships involved in the Mj\u00f8lner 2026 exercise arrived in Harstad, Norway, for the first time. Their arrival marks the start of the visible preparatory phase of a multinational maritime exercise under German leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 2,500 soldiers from Norway, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany are taking part in the manoeuvre. Sweden and Lithuania are accompanying the exercise as observers. A total of eight ships from the participating nations and forces from the Norwegian armed forces are involved.<\/p>\n<p>The German Navy is represented by the frigates \"Sachsen-Anhalt\" and \"Hamburg\", the task force provider \"Bonn\" and the corvettes \"Braunschweig\" and \"Erfurt\". The Norwegian frigate \"Fridtjof Nansen\" and the Danish frigates \"Iver Huitfeldt\" and \"Absalon\" are also taking part in the manoeuvre.<\/p>\n<p>Mj\u00f8lner 2026 will focus on training under realistic operational conditions. Training will take place over several days in continuous 24-hour operations at sea and on land. The aim is to consolidate procedures under time pressure and to further strengthen cooperation between the partners, all under high stress. The tactical firing plans are generally not publicised. This is due to the security policy framework. The northern flank is the strategically most important and largest area on the northern flank. Moelnar is more than just a major exercise: Mj\u00f8lner symbolises NATO's steadfastness on the northern flank.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54715\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54715\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1-18x12.jpeg 18w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260429_RAS-Verbindung-zwischen-SAHT-und-BONN-wird-hergestellt_EKT-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RAS manoeuvring personnel Photo: bBw\/Kelm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the so-called CET\/FIT phase (Combat Enhancement Training\/Force Integration Training), the soldiers prepare for the coming week. The aim is not just to master individual skills, but to allow all forces to act in unison.<\/p>\n<p>Text: Red \/ Photos: German Navy\/Julia Kelm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mj\u00f8lner 2026 manoeuvre: On 1 May 2026, the ships involved in the Mj\u00f8lner 2026 exercise arrived in Harstad, Norway, for the first time. Their arrival marks the beginning of the visible preparatory phase of a multinational maritime exercise under German leadership.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":54723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"3high","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,486,45,42],"tags":[12701,12706,182,1086,12700,12699,7557,12704,12705,12697,12696,3367,8575,12698,12703,12702],"class_list":["post-54712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-streitkraefte-news","category-headlines","category-marinen-aus-aller-welt-news","category-news","tag-24-stunden-betrieb","tag-cet-fit-phase","tag-deutsche-marine","tag-einsatzbereitschaft","tag-europaeische-zusammenarbeit","tag-harstad","tag-maritime-uebung","tag-mjolner-2026","tag-multinationale-zusammenarbeit","tag-multinationales-manoever","tag-multinationales-maritimes-manoever-mjolner-2026","tag-nato-partner","tag-nato-nordflanke","tag-nordnorwegen","tag-strategische-nordflanke","tag-taktische-schiessvorhaben"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54724,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54712\/revisions\/54724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}