Telemark Battalion

In 1993 it was a motorised infantry unit, tasked as an Immediate Reaction Force with the Norwegian Army, stationed at Heistadmoen in southern Norway, manned mainly by conscripts.

[4] In addition, the Telemark Battalion frequently trains with the rest of the Norwegian Army High Reaction Force.

This is a composite unit made up of the Telemark Battalion, as well as enlisted personnel from support capabilities, ranging from artillery to military police.

[7] The alleged crimes of threatening and spray painting the property of suspected insurgents did not lead to any criminal charges.

"[8]" In 2011, Dag Herbjørnsrud wrote in an editorial that "Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik wasn't sending soldiers into war — he was merely supplying manpower to a "peacekeeping mission".

TMBN-soldier in Afghanistan
TMBN-soldiers in Afghanistan
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Two gray haired older men talk with a soldier wearing camouflage and a green beret who is facing away.
The then Norwegian Prime Minister , and later Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg (right) and his predecessor, Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left), talk with members of the Telemark Battalion in Oslo.