The Norwegian Joint Headquarters, NJHQ ( no, Forsvarets operative hovedkvarter, FOH) is the

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operational commando-center. It is located at Reitan outside

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, where during the

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NATO's Allied Command North Norway was based. The current organization was created on 1 August 2009, replacing a former joint commando center in

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, which merged with the Northern Norway Command. It is led by chief-of-command, Lieutenant general, Yngve Odlo. His predecessor was Rune Jakobsen. The Norwegian Armed Forces states that a total number of 500 people are somehow connected to the Commando Central. The Commando Central cooperates with Forsvarets Logistikkorganisasjon (Flo) and Cyberforsvaret (CYFOR) so that the Operational Headquarters may work as planned.

Main tasks

* Keep an eye with Norway's vast sea and air territories, and have a current understanding of the overall situation. * Exercise sovereignty in Norway's land, sea and air territories – and exercise national jurisdiction in these areas. * Be present, and be able to handle crisis of any kind. * Support civil society. * Plan and lead military exercises. * Provide control and support to Norwegian forces in international operations.

Head

* 2009–2011:

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Bernt Iver Ferdinand Brovold (

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

) * 2011–2013: Vice Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hansen (

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...

) * 2013–2015: Air Marshal

Morten Haga Lunde Morten Haga Lunde (born 20 December 1960) is a Norwegian military officer. He graduated from the Norwegian Air Force Academy in 1987, and from the NATO Defense College in 2002. He was appointed head of Norwegian Joint Headquarters in 2013, with ...

(

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) * 2015–2021:

Rune Jakobsen (

) *2021–:

Yngve Odlo (

)

References

External links

Official website
(in English) * Military of Norway Joint military headquarters {{Mil-unit-stub Military installations in Nordland