[5][6] Organised by the centre-right parties, these "emergency groups" were prepared to mobilise in case of war or revolution.
[1] The organisation was directed specifically against the Marxist labour movement, and recruited officers and volunteers for an armed guard against revolutionary activists.
[2][3] Led by officers, it was organised in small secret armed groups.
[7] The organisation Leidangen which emerged in 1931 had its background in the Society Guard.
[1] The Society Guard was dissolved in 1935 following the establishment of the Labour Party Nygaardsvold's Cabinet, after it was revealed that it operated military training with material from the Norwegian Army.