Zulu Company, 45 Commando during an amphibious landing in Norway
Camp Viking is a British military base located in Øverbygd, Norway which was established in March 2023.[1] It is used by the Royal Marines for Arctic training, in addition to being used as a forward operating base for UK and NATO forces operating in the Arctic and Baltic Sea regions. It will be used as an operational support hub by the Royal Navy's Littoral Response Group (North) amphibious task group.[1]
The base is strategically located near the Norwegian Army's Skjold garrison, the Bardufoss Air Station (which is used by the Commando Helicopter Force), and a port in Sørreisa.[1] As of 8 March 2023, approximately 1,000 Royal Marines had been deployed to the base.[2]
Commando Forces during their Cold Weather Survival Course near Bardufoss, Norway
Camp Viking is to remain open for ten years as Norway is opposed to foreign military bases on its soil — a long-established policy to avoid provocations with Russia.[3] As such, the presence of Camp Viking is politically sensitive in Norway, with the Norwegian government insisting that it is not a new wholly-British military base but instead a rebranding of an existing training facility within a Norwegian military base, and therefore does not infringe its policy on foreign military bases.[4] Nevertheless, the facility was described as a military base in a press release by the Royal Navy.[5]
^ abcTringham, Kate (9 March 2023). "UK establishes new military base in Northern Norway". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^"UK commandos receive new operations base in northern Norway". Naval Technology. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^Nilsen, Thomas (9 March 2023). "UK commandos set up training Camp Viking in Northern Norway". The Barents Observer. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^Pettersen, Stephan (8 March 2023). "Forsvarsdepartementet: Britisk leir er ikke ny" (in Norwegian).
^"New Arctic operations base for UK commandos". Royal Navy. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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