Absalon Class

Absalon Class muiltitask support ship were designed to be a hybrid between a frigate and military transport ship with multiple role capabilities, with the capacity to be transformed from a combat ship with the firepower of a traditional frigate to a C&C ship or a hospital ship within a day. Absalon Class ships should serve the Sjøforsvaret as ideal multitasking platforms for international operations or support missions.

The first two ships were named after two brothers, archbishop Absalon and Esbern Snare who led the naval campaigns in the 12th century against the Wends, a group of pagan Slavs in northern Germany. The later two were named after Absaon's nephews Anders Sunesen and Peder Sunesen.

In 2018 there are 3 ships in service and one more under construction to be used mainly in the SIGINT/ELINT role. The four ships were ordered to Odense Staalskibsværft.

Power generation & propulsion
The power plant of the ship has been completely redesigned to suit the needs and requirements of the Sjøforsvaret and the new systems and elements of the ship. KUFLO chose to equip the ship with a mixed multi-gas turbine and fuel cell propulsion system (COFCAG) developed jointly by NAtech and Volvo Aero. Main fuel for which the system has been designed is hydrogen, but the system can also work with natural gas, methane and other gases, although with a lower energy efficiency. At low speed and during maneuvers the system uses the power delivered by the fuel cells, using the gas turbine system to achieve higher speeds. In addition, the system reuses the exhaust gases to turbocharge the turbine and for the ship's heating systems, which considerably reduces the ship's thermal footprint and finally the remaining gases are expelled from the stern. Power plant of the ship was designed taking into account the current needs of energy for propulsion and other systems on board, so it was possible to assume an increase in power required if new equipment or systems were installed in the future.

The propulsion system is fully electrical with two Kamewa (nos NAtech marine hydrojets mounted externally to the main hull. The electricity for the motors is supplied by the power system. The ship has rudders and bowthrusters for harbour manoeuvring.

Electronic systems
One of the main design premises was the need to mount Kalmar Union made electronic systems in order to full integration with other Forsvaret systems and satellite net.

Sensors
 * 1 x TERMA C-Flex Combat Management System
 * 1 x Saab 9LV FCS Fire Control System
 * 1 x Saab EOS 500 Electro Optical Fire Control
 * 1 x TERMA SCANTER 4100 Surveillance Radar 1 x Kongsberg C-Scope Sonar System

Electronic warfare
 * 1 x TERMA TV-112 tactical radar surveillance system

Decoys
 * 1 x TERMA DL-22T Multi Ammunition Decoy System
 * 1 x TERMA Loki torpedo countermeasure

Armament

 * 5 x StanFlex Modules
 * 4 torpedo tubes for Torpedo 617
 * Depth charges
 * 1 57 mm AB BOFORS Mk.3
 * 3 x 40 mm Kongsberg M2HB HMG Sea Protector
 * 2 x Long Range Acoustic Device

Air wing

 * 2 x AS532 SC Cougar ASUW / ASW or
 * 2 x Eurocopter AS 332F/F1 Super Puma Naval or ASW variants