Norwegian Air Ambulance

The fixed-wing aircraft and HEMS helicopters are operated by the private companies Lufttransport and Norsk Luftambulanse on contract for the Air Ambulance Service.

In 1973 the Norwegian government started looking at possible ways to organise an air ambulance service in Norway.

Before the government had made a decision, the foundation Norsk Luftambulanse had been founded in 1977 and provided one helicopter from its base in Lørenskog Municipality.

By 1993 three companies had established themselves on the domestic air ambulance marked in Norway: Norsk Luftambulanse, Airlift and Lufttransport.

[2] Helicopters are stationed at the hospitals in Arendal, Bergen, Brønnøysund, Dombås, Evenes, Førde, Lørenskog, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim, Ål and Ålesund.

The primary function is search and rescue (SAR) but several hundred air ambulance missions are undertaken each year.