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Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk

Norwegian weapons manufacturing company
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Key Facts

  • Field of work: weapons manufacturing company[1]
  • Country: Norway[2]
  • Instance of: organization[3]
  • Headquarters location: Kongsberg[4]
  • Chief executive officer: Poul Steenstrup[5], Fredrik Meyn[6], Peder Christian Holst[7], Jens Landmark[8], Ole Herman Johannes Krag[9], Bjarne Hurlen[10]
  • Industry: weapons industry[11]
  • Inception: 1814[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1987[13]
  • Official website: https://kongsberg.com[14]
  • Replaced by: Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace[15], Kongsberg Gruppen[16], Kongsberg Automotive[17], GKN Aerospace Norway[18]
  • Legal form: joint-stock company[19]
  • P14750: 384F-6CD5-913F-484B-5362[20]

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  1. 10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 384F-6CD5-913F-484B-5362
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 384F-6CD5-913F-484B-5362, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269256|batch #269256]]"
  2. 16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Norwegian weapons manufacturing company
    Commons category → Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk
    Country → Norway
    Arkivportalen agent id → no-a1450-04000000131593
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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