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Heimevernet
Norwegian Home Guard
Royal Norwegian Home Guard
Heimevernets logo.svg

Coat of arms of the home network
active
Country NorwayNorway Norway
Armed forces Norwegian Armed Forces
Strength 35,000
Members of the home network

The Heimevernet ( dt. Heimwehr, Eng. Home Guard) with 35,000 members forms the reserve force of the Norwegian armed forces .

1,200 members are on active duty, another 3,500 can be mobilized quickly.

structure

The home network consists of an Army , Air Force and Navy Home Guard, which are divided into 13 Home Guard districts.

Army Home Guard

In addition to supporting the Norwegian army , the Heeresheimwehr also takes on tasks in the field of terrorism prevention and disaster control .

Air Force Home Army

A particular object of Air Force Home Guard is including the physical protection of the facilities of the Air Force .

Marine Home Defense

The Navy Home Guard mainly supports the Navy and Coast Guard in monitoring territorial waters; for this it has about 200 boats.

Individual evidence

  1. Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense