Allied Forces Northern Europe

Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH)
active	1952 to 1994
Type	NATO command area
Insinuation	SHAPE
Seat	Kolsås leir military base near Bærum , Norway

The Allied Forces Northern Europe ( AFNORTH ; German  Allied Armed Forces Northern Europe ) was a NATO command area for Northern Europe with headquarters in Oslo and from 1954 to 1994 in Kolsås near Bærum , Norway .

history

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AFNORTH was established in 1952. After the end of the Cold War , AFNORTH was integrated into the new command area Allied Forces Northwestern Europe (Allied Forces Europe Northwest; AFNORTHWEST) in 1994 .

The area of ​​responsibility of Allied Forces Northern Europe included the states of Denmark and Norway , as well as the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein . This also included the areas of the North Sea , Skagerrak , Kattegat and the Baltic Sea with Belten and Sund .

The commanders were most recently officers of the rank of general or admiral from the United Kingdom.

The acronym AFNORTH was used from 2000 to 2004 to designate a NATO command authority, Regional Command Allied Forces North Europe , later the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum .

Structure 1953

• NATO Regional Command for Northern Europe (AFNORTH) with headquarters in Oslo, Norway
  • Allied Land Forces Norway command authority in Oslo
  • Allied Land Forces Denmark command authority in Copenhagen
  • Allied Air Forces Northern Europe Command Authority in Sandvika
  • Allied Naval Forces Northern Europe command authority in Oslo

Structure 1962-1993

Allied Forces Northern Europe structure 1989 (click to enlarge)

• NATO Regional Command for Northern Europe (AFNORTH) with headquarters in Kolsås, Norway
  • Command authority Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP; dt .: Allied command Baltic Approaches) with headquarters in Karup , Denmark
    • the commander of the land forces in Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (COMLANDJUT)
    • the Commander of the Land Forces in Zealand (COMLANDSEALAND)
    • the Commander of the Air Force Baltic Sea Accesses (COMAIRBALTAP) in Karup and
    • the Commander of the Naval Forces Baltic Sea Accesses (COMNAVBALTAP) in Karup (initially in Kiel- Holtenau).
  • Command authority Allied Command South Norway (SONOR; Allied Command Norway), with headquarters in Stavanger and
  • Command authority Allied Command North Norway (NON; Allied Command Northern Norway), with headquarters in Bodo .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bernard A. Cook: Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Volume II. New York 2001, p. 869.
2. ↑ Bernd Lemke , Dieter Krüger , Heinz Rebhan, Wolfgang Schmidt : The Air Force 1950 to 1970. Concept, structure, integration. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57973-8 , p. 489.
3. ↑ NATO Office of Information and Press: NATO Handbook. 1992.