Norway

Norway (NOR) Ship Namelists

Source file: common/units/names_ships/NOR_ship_names.txt

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Overview

Norway possesses an extensive maritime heritage dating from the medieval Leidang naval defense fleet and Norse longships to the modern Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret / Den Kongelige Norske Marine). Entering World War II, Norway's naval defense centered on panserskip coastal defence battleships (Norge, Eidsvold), sleek Sleipner-class and Draug-class destroyers, coastal submarines, and torpedo boats. In exile, the Free Norwegian Navy operated Allied destroyers, corvettes, and submarines with distinction in the Battle of the Atlantic, the English Channel, and the Normandy landings.

In vanilla Hearts of Iron IV, Norwegian namelists were plagued by severe translation errors (such as "Lys Krysseren"—literally translating "light" as luminosity—and "deleggeren"), duplicate entries, submarines mistakenly listed under aircraft carriers, and extremely shallow pools.

Immersive Ship Names Expanded provides complete, historically grounded namelists for Norway, correcting vanilla translation and encoding bugs, purging role mismatches, and providing 11 universal thematic pools and a minesweeper role pool for the Ship Designer. All Norwegian ships bear the historical prefix HNoMS (His Norwegian Majesty's Ship).

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Namelist Groups

Ship-Type Specific Category

Group Tag	Type	Ship Types	Sample Names
NOR_DD_HISTORICAL	Destroyers & Escorts	ship_hull_light destroyer	Sleipner, Gyller, Æger, Odin, Balder, Tor, Draug, Troll, Garm, Kristiansund, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Narvik, Stord, Svenner, Arendal, Haugesund, Tromsø, Hval, Storm, Gnist, Snar, Ålesund
NOR_SS_HISTORICAL	Submarines	ship_hull_submarine submarine ship_hull_midget_submarine	Kobben, A-1, B-1, Uredd, Ula, Utstein, Uthaug, Utvær, Utsira, Viking, Kya, Kaura, Kinn, Kunna, Sklinna, Skolpen, Stadt, Håbrann, Pigghå, Brugde, Havmus, Kveite, Torsk, Breiflabb, A-2, A-3
NOR_CL_HISTORICAL	Light Cruisers	ship_hull_cruiser light_cruiser	Kristiansand, Drammen, Ålesund, Bodø, Molde, Larvik, Sandefjord, Arendal, Hamar, Kongsberg, Halden, Porsgrunn, Moss, Horten, Fredrikstad, Tønsberg, Harstad, Hammerfest, Vardø, Freia, Desideria, Ellida
NOR_CA_HISTORICAL	Heavy Cruisers & Coastal Defence	ship_hull_cruiser heavy_cruiser	Norge, Eidsvold, Tordenskjold, Harald Haarfagre, Nidaros, Bjørgvin, Skorpionen, Mjølner, Thrudvang, Thor, Brage, Frithjof, Cort Adeler, Ivar Huitfeldt, Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, Vidar, Heimdal
NOR_BB_HISTORICAL	Battleships & Capital Ships	ship_hull_heavy battleship	Nord-Norge, Haakon VII, Dronning Maud, Kronprins Olav, Olav Tryggvason, Magnus Lagabøte, Vestlandet, Østlandet, Trøndelag, Telemark, Kronprinsesse Märtha, St. Olaf, Kong Sverre, Håkon Håkonsson, Eirik Blodøks
NOR_BC_HISTORICAL	Battlecruisers	ship_hull_heavy battle_cruiser	Ormen Lange, Trana, Ormen Skamme, Visund, Bøkesuden, Eirik Raude, Erling Skjalgsson, Einar Tambarskjelve, Mariasuden, Kristsuden, Olavssuden, Erkesuden, Gungne, Gorsuden, Raudsuden, Tyrfing
NOR_CV_HISTORICAL	Aircraft Carriers	ship_hull_carrier carrier	Asgard, Valhall, Midgard, Utgard, Gimle, Bifrost, Yggdrasil, Valkyrien, Brynhild, Skuld, Nordlys, Midnattssol, Morgonstjerna, Polstjerna, Hugin, Munin, Havørn, Kongeørn, Gøndul, Hild, Gunn

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Universal Thematic Topic Category (Ship Designer)

Universal selection pools available for any ship hull or squadron:

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ship Types	Sample Names
NOR_CITIES	Cities	Universal	Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Drammen, Tromsø, Ålesund, Haugesund, Bodø, Arendal, Molde, Larvik, Sandefjord, Hamar, Kongsberg, Halden, Porsgrunn, Moss, Horten, Fredrikstad
NOR_PROVINCES	Provinces & Regions	Universal	Vestlandet, Østlandet, Nord-Norge, Sørlandet, Trøndelag, Finnmark, Troms, Nordland, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Rogaland, Telemark, Vestfold, Buskerud, Akershus, Svalbard
NOR_FJORDS	Fjords & Waterways	Universal	Hardangerfjord, Geirangerfjord, Sognefjord, Nærøyfjord, Oslofjord, Boknafjord, Lysefjord, Trondheimsfjord, Varangerfjord, Saltstraumen, Romsdalsfjord, Nordfjord, Vestfjord, Porsangerfjord
NOR_RULERS	Monarchs & Rulers	Universal	Haakon VII, Dronning Maud, Kronprins Olav, Harald Hårfagre, Eirik Blodøks, Olav Tryggvason, Olav den Hellige, Harald Hardråde, Sverre Sigurdsson, Magnus Lagabøte, Håkon den Gode, Harald Gråfell
NOR_HEROES	Heroes & Explorers	Universal	Peter Wessel Tordenskiold, Ivar Huitfeldt, Cort Adeler, Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Carsten Borchgrevink, Eirik Raude, Einar Tambarskjelve, Henrik Bjelke, Kristoffer Trondsson Rustung
NOR_MYTHOLOGY	Norse Mythology	Universal	Odin, Balder, Tyr, Heimdall, Njord, Idun, Skadi, Brage, Ægir, Fenris, Midgårdsormen, Sleipner, Yggdrasil, Valhall, Bifrost, Mjølner, Valkyrien, Brynhild, Tor, Frøy, Frøya, Forsete, Uller
NOR_BIRDS	Birds	Universal	Havørn, Kongeørn, Fiskeørn, Jaktfalk, Vandrefalk, Hønsehauk, Spurvehauk, Fjellvåk, Musvåk, Hubro, Snøugle, Ravn, Teist, Lunde, Havsvale, Lom, Alke, Haukugle, Havhest
NOR_FAUNA	Wildlife	Universal	Ulven, Bjørnen, Gaupen, Jerven, Fjellreven, Rødreven, Elgen, Hjorten, Rådyret, Reinen, Moskusen, Oteren, Beveren, Grønlandsselen, Steinkobben, Nisen, Spekkhoggeren, Villsvinet
NOR_FISH	Fish	Universal	Håbrann, Pigghå, Brugde, Sverdfisk, Kveite, Torsk, Laks, Sjøørret, Makrell, Sild, Sei, Hyse, Brosme, Lange, Steinbit, Havmus, Breiflabb, Uer, Rødspette, Skrei, Lodde
NOR_NATURE	Natural Phenomena	Universal	Nordlys, Midnattssol, Polstjernen, Storm, Kuling, Orkan, Virvelvind, Havbåre, Bølge, Torden, Lynild, Frost, Isbre, Snøstorm, Vinter, Nordavind, Polarnatt, Brenning
NOR_VIRTUES	Martial Virtues	Universal	Dristig, Tapper, Modig, Snar, Rask, Djerv, Hvass, Kvikk, Trofast, Vaktsom, Uredd, Seirende, Uforferdet, Hardfør, Frihet, Enighet, Rettferd, Vakt, Skjold, Vern, Heder, Ære

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Role-Specific Pools (Ship Designer)

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ship Types	Sample Names
NOR_MINESWEEPERS	Minesweepers	Universal	Otra, Rauma, Vinstra, Gaula, Driva, Vorma, Begna, Rana, Sauda, Sira, Tana, Ogna, Vosso, Glomma, Tista, Kvina, Utla, Orkla

Follows the Royal Norwegian Navy's river names for minesweepers (Otra and Rauma of 1939, the NYMS type, the Sauda class, and Orkla of the Alta class). The pool holds 18 verified names and is not padded; Alta itself is left out because NOR_CL_HISTORICAL holds the town. Other roles were considered and skipped: minelayers (no naming convention of their own, and every name already sits in a hull group), torpedo boats, corvettes, escort destroyers and patrol vessels (their names already fill NOR_DD_HISTORICAL), coastal defence ships, monitors and gunboats (in NOR_CA_HISTORICAL), and training ships, tenders and state yachts (too few distinct names).

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Scope Notes

• Orthography: a name a Royal Norwegian Navy ship actually bore keeps that ship's spelling (Harald Haarfagre, Tordenskjold, Eidsvold, Thor, Kong Sverre, St. Olaf). Every other name takes the modern Norwegian form: Håkon for medieval kings and jarls, Sigurd Jorsalfare, Leiv Eiriksson, and Norwegian forms of mythic names (Frøy, Frøya, Tor, Gungne, Skinfakse). Haakon VII keeps the king's own spelling.
• Persons: NOR_RULERS, NOR_HEROES and the hull groups hold only documented figures who ruled Norway, were born there, or belong to Norwegian saga tradition. Legendary Danish and Swedish kings, union-era Danish officers and entries that could not be sourced were removed.
• Era: the lists run past 1936. They carry post-war ship classes, the heroes of 1940–45 (naval officers such as Odd Isaachsen Willoch, Per Askim and Leif Andreas Larsen, the commando leader Martin Linge and the saboteur Max Manus) and the explorers Helge Ingstad and Thor Heyerdahl, whose names the navy later gave to frigates.
• Kings and coastal defence ships: NOR_CA_HISTORICAL keeps the real panserskip names, so Norge and Harald Haarfagre appear there and not among the battleships. NOR_BB_HISTORICAL holds the other kings, with Kong Sverre and St. Olaf in the form the navy's steam frigates carried.
• Battlecruisers: NOR_BC_HISTORICAL pairs saga longships with royal swords, saga sea-heroes and decisive naval battles from Hafrsfjord (872) to Lyngør (1812).
• Carriers: NOR_CV_HISTORICAL is an alternate-history extrapolation (Norway never built a carrier). Valkyries and sun-horses without a confirmed Norwegian form were removed.
• Fjords and wildlife: NOR_FJORDS uses the indefinite form Norwegian liners and ferries carry (Oslofjord, Trollfjord); NOR_FAUNA uses the definite form of the old Dano-Norwegian tradition (Ulven, Bjørnen).