Hærens Jegerkommando

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(HJK)
Image:FSK-HJK-logo.gif
Norwegian special forces logo
Active HFJS: 1962 - 1971
HJS: 1971 - 1997
HJK: 1997- current
Country Norway
Branch Royal Norwegian Army
Type Army Special Forces
Role Special Reconnaissance (SR)
Direct Action (DA)
Military assistance (MA)
Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR)
Size Classified
Garrison/HQ Rena leir
Engagements
Bosnian war
Kosovo war
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Anaconda
Decorations   Army Presidential Unit Citation
Divers from Jegerkommandoen.
Divers from Jegerkommandoen.

Hærens Jegerkommando (en. Army Special Forces Command) (HJK) is the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army. HJK is located 30 km. north of Elverum in the south east Norway, in Camp Rena, which received its first active units in 1997 after being built in 199396. The camp is also the home of a cavalry education regiment.

The Pathfinder platoon is part of the HJK training cadre and consists of conscripts deemed suitable for service in the unit after a selection period. The role of this unit is to annually train one platoon of soldiers as a jump-qualified recce asset within the Norwegian military organization. The training cadre is also responsible for selecting and training personnel to the Norwegian Special Command (FSK), which is also a part of HJK. HJK has a large HQ unit, a paratrooper unit, which trains personnel from all branches of the Norwegian military organization in parachute operations, and a unit of Spesialjegere (en. Special Ranger) which is comparable to the American Delta Force and British SAS.

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[edit] HJK KIA in Afghanistan

On 23 July, 2007 HJK lieutenant Tor Arne Lau Henriksen was killed in a short and intense close quarters engagement between a Norwegian special forces reconnaissance patrol and hostile fighters in Lowgar Province, Afghanistan.[1] [2]

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