Norwegian Special Operation Forces (Norwegian: Forsvarets Spesialstyrker)
Type
Special forces
Size
Classified
Garrison/HQ
Rena leir
Motto(s)
Thoroughness provides security
Engagements
Cold War Bosnian war 1995 Kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir Kosovo war Operation Allied Force Operation Joint Guardian Incident at Pristina airport 2001 Macedonia conflict Operation Essential Harvest Task Force K-Bar Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Anaconda Operation Jacana Uzbin Valley ambush (after action only) Operation Pickaxe-Handle Release of hostage Christina Meier April 2012 Afghanistan attacks Hostage incident at Qargha Reservoir / Lake Qara june 2012 Operation Ocean Shield Operation Atalanta Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
Only a small selection of engagements / missions *
Decorations
Army Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Brage Andreas Larssen
Insignia
Headdress
Maroon beret
Military unit
Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK) (Special Operations Command[1]) is a special operations forces unit of the Norwegian Special Operation Forces (Norwegian: Forsvarets Spesialstyrker).[2] The unit was established in 1982[3] due to the increased risk of terrorist activity against Norwegian interests, including the oil platforms in the North Sea.[4]
On 1 January 2014, the Norwegian Special Operation Command (NORSOCOM),[1] was established uniting the FSK and the Naval Special Operation Command (Norwegian: Marinejegerkommandoen) (MJK) under the command in the Norwegian Armed Forces.[2] In 2014, FSK established an all female unit Jegertroppen (Jeger Troop).[5]
^ ab"The Norwegian Special Forces".
^ abOlsen, Tommy; Thormodsen, Marius (June 2014). Forging Norwegian Special Operation Forces(PDF) (Master's thesis). U.S. Navy Postgraduate School. OCLC 893922200. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^Monica Rikoll: Forsvarets spesialkommando feiret 50-års-jubileum NRK, 1 September 2012, (in Norwegian)
^"- VIKTIG Å BESKYTTE: Forsvarets spesialkommando (FSK) har jevnlig realistiske øvelser i terror mot norske oljeplattformer i Nordsjøen"
^"Jegertroppen i Forsvarets spesialkommando". Norwegian Armed Forces (in Norwegian). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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