Leidangen was an organisation for volunteer military education in Norway.
[1] The organisation was started in 1931, and had its background in various 1920s volunteer organisations such as the Society Guard.
[1][2] Leidangen differed from the former, in that Leidangen was integrated fully into Norway's military planning.
[3] Its name was derived from the medieval levy Leidang.
Leidangen received public support from 1933, including a loan of weaponry, and was subordinated to a committee that was in part appointed by the state.