Hærens Jegerkommando (HJK) (Army Ranger Command) was a special forces unit of the Norwegian military.
It was the armed forces competence centre for commando, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army.
Its headquarters were located 30 kilometres north of Elverum in the southeast of Norway, at Rena leir military base.
The Pathfinder platoon was part of the HJK training cadre and consisted of conscripts deemed suitable for service in the unit after a selection period.
[5] 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 Logar Province, Afghanistan.