It was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north.

Army Norway was directly subordinate to OKH, the high command headquarters of the Wehrmacht.

As of 15 January 1941, the actual strength (Iststärke) of Army Norway was 129,759 personnel in total.

[2] A Headquarter Detachment of Army Norway took part in Operation Barbarossa in 1941.

In January 1942 this HQ detachment became Army Lapland and was responsible for all German forces in Finland.