An interesting picture, given the time frame is correct. Or, may I presume, it is ‘estimated 1955-160’? Might it be one of the Danish Commercial Ships, which were used to tranfer aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean? If so (and I think so) it must be a circa 1952-1953 photo.

Besides, aircraft were also flown acress the AO
An extract from my manuscript, general text:
“A project named “Dropkick” was established for the purpose of flight delivery of the Republic F-84G Thunderjet across the North Atlantic to various Mutual Defence Assistance Program (MDAP) countries in Europe. This “Project Dropkick” was to have been completed by December 15, 1953. However, problems with bad weather and absence of pre-planning and coordination between various commands slowed down the pace of delivery of aircraft. “

Many Republic F-84G Thunderjets were transferred by sea to European Air Forces via Copenhagen/Kastrup. At least the aircraft initially intended for Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands and Belgium were (in the beginning) transferred via Copenhagen.

An extract from my manuscript, Chapter Belgium:
“140 Republic F-84G Thunderjets for the Belgium Air Force were delivered via Kastrup Air Base, Denmark. All of these deliveries had to be coordinated by the Scandinavian Airline Systems Deprocessing Center (SAS/DC). After being transported across the Atlantic Ocean by either Danish commercial ships, or United States Navy (USN) Carriers, the brand new Republic F-84G Thunderjets were unloaded from these ships in the harbor of Copenhagen. Subsequently, they were transported, by road, towed by tractors, to Kastrup Air Base, and readied for flight at the SAS/DC F-84 deprocessing line. After this work had been done, a test flight was flown, for acceptance of that particular aircraft. Usually, these flights were flown by Captain Bouzin, Belgium Air Force, who was stationed at Karup Air Base for this purpose. After completing this acceptance process, aircraft were ready to be flown to Belgium.”

Besides this, the (later well known) USAF Captain Joe Kittinger was also stationed at Kastrup Air Base, and also involved in the early training program of the Danish Air Force for the F-84G. Besides this, he (also) flew many testflights, among others, on the Dutch F-84G’s – have copies of forms he signed.

Regarding the link between Portugal and Norway, yes, several Norwegian F-84G’s were delivered to the Portugese Air Force.
There is also a link between Copenhagen/SAS and Portugal:
An extract from my manuscript, chapter Portugal:
“Further deliveries of the Republic F-84G Thunderjet to the Portugese Air Force were staged via Scandinavian Aircraft Services (SAS) at Kastrup Air Base, Copenhagen, Denmark. After the ‘Inspect and Repair, if Necessary’ (IRAN) program, 5 Republic F-84G Thunderjets were delivered on May 21, 1954. These aircraft were to be operated by the second Portugese Air Force Republic F-84G Thunderjet squadron, being Esquadra 21.”