Hærens Jegerkommando
| Forsvarets Spesialkommando | |
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Norwegian army special forces logo
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| Active | HFJS: 1962 - 1971 HJS: 1971 - 1997 HJK: 1997-2006 FSK/HJK: 2006 - 2014 FSK: 2014 - Current |
| Country |
 Norway
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| Branch | Royal Norwegian Army |
| Type | Army Special Operations Force |
| Role | Special Reconnaissance (SR) Direct Action (DA) Military assistance (MA) Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) |
| Size | Classified |
| Garrison/HQ | Rena leir |
| Engagements |
Bosnian war Kosovo war Operation Enduring Freedom Task Force K-Bar Operation Anaconda |
| Decorations |
 United States Army Presidential Unit Citation
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Forsvarets Spesialkommando is a special forces unit of the Norwegian military. It is the armed forces competence centre for commando, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army. Its headquarters are located 30 kilometres north of Elverum in the southeast of Norway, at Rena leir military base.
Hærens Jegerkommando directly translated to English means:
English translations of the unit's name, include:
The unit was established as Hærens Fallskjermjegerskole in 1962. It was renamed Hærens Jegerskole in 1968, and its location was Trandum (near Jessheim). The unit's current name was decided in 1997. In 2014 the name was changed from FSK/HJK to simply; FSK. Also in 2013 FSK left the Army branch and together with the MJK (Marinejegerkommandoen) was organised under one Norwegian Special Forces Staff (NORSOC).
Headquarters are at Rena leir military base, which received its first active units in 1997 after the base had been constructed in 1993–96.
FSK is a special operations force (SOF). (Another special operations force (SOF) of the Norwegian military is, MJK (Marinejegerkommandoen).)
FSK has a large HQ unit and a paratrooper unit, which trains personnel from all branches of the Norwegian military organization in parachute operations. The Pathfinder platoon is part of the HJK training cadre and consists of conscripts deemed suitable for service in the unit after a selection period. The role of this unit is to annually train one platoon of jump-qualified recce soldiers.
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