Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.

Norwegian M75

Norway's three-color woodland blotch, in service since the mid-1970s — one of NATO's longest-serving patterns.

Family

Norway

Era

Current issue

In service

1975–present

Environments

woodland

History

Norway adopted its three-color woodland in the mid-1970s and has kept it, with fabric and cut updates, ever since. Its restrained palette suits subarctic forest, and Norway has felt little pressure to chase pattern fashions.

In the field

Simple and effective in Norwegian birch and conifer terrain; longevity is its own testimony.

Where it served

Northern EuropeArctic

Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.

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