Haslemoen

The interest to establish an airfield and military base at Haslemoen was first articulated by the Norwegian Army Air Service in the late 1930s.

They therefore proposed that the relatively flat, forested areas at Haslemoen would be a suitable site for a main air station.

[1] Haslemoen was built in 1943 as a camp for conscripted labor services, serving in the Våler area.

Both a runway, measuring 1,800 by 60 meters (5,910 by 200 ft), and a taxiway were built, along with auxiliary buildings, barracks, hangars, storehouses and workshops.

[2] The municipality changed the focus away from motor sports and instead initiated a program to cultivate 6 square kilometers (2.3 sq mi) of the former base, including the airfield area.