The Garrison of Porsanger ( no, Garnisonen i Porsanger), based at Porsangmoen in

Porsanger Porsanger ( se, Porsáŋgu; fkv, Porsanki) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lakselv. Other villages in t ...

, located in the Norwegian county of

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

18 km from the city of Lakselv. The garrison is located immediately adjacent to Halkavarre, the largest military training area in Norway. Until 2011, it trained and housed the jegerkompani / ISTAR, formerly a part of the Finnmark regiment, together with

Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger Garnisonen ("Garrison") is a city district in Linköping, which was previously the site of the two military units closed down in July 1997, Life Grenadier Regiment (I 4) and Svea Artillery Regiment (A 1). In 2000, the district was formed by div ...

and

Alta Battalion The Alta Battalion ( no, Alta bataljon) was an independent battalion within the Norwegian 6th Division based in the village of Alta in western Finnmark and commanded by Lt. Colonel Arne Dagfin Dahl. The Alta battalion was multiethnic, being con ...

, as well as a petty officer's training centre for the Home Guard. Since 2019, it has housed the HQ of Finnmark Land Command as well as

Porsanger Battalion The Porsanger Battalion is an armoured reconnaissance unit of the Norwegian Army The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, esta ...

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