Intelligence Report
Jan. 1, 2010
Norwegian Home Guard Organization
Districts
There are 5 districts in Northern Norway* (Nordland Fylke and up):
HV-14 -- Sør-Hålogaland Heimeverndistrikt nr 14
HV-15 -- Nord-Hålogaland, HQ: Narvik
HV-16 -- Troms, HQ: Bardu
HV-17 -- Alta, HQ: Alta
HV-18 -- Varanger, HQ:
These 5 districts have a total of 14.000 men (Average of 2.800
per
District).
Each District is divided into 4-6 Subdistricts and 18-20 Areas
(North). A
district corresponds roughly to a Regiment (Without Support Units),
a
Subdistrict is about a battalion and has a staff and 2-5 Areas
(Roughly
Company size).
There are about 150 men per Area. In game terms, as an example
the Harstad-Evenes (Harstad) Subdistrict should have about 700
Home Guard
Soldiers divided into 4 company sized Areas and a Staff. Each
District also
have a few specialized units, such as a Recon Platoon and a Dog
Platoon
(used for guarding installations, searching for explosives etc.).
The HV do
not have any AT weapons other than the Carl Gustav and the M-72
LAW. Other
weapons include Sniper Rifles in the Recon Platoon, MG-3, Browning
.50 cal,
and personal equipment.
See below for the actual organisation of HV-14 and HV-15 (information for other districts is unavailable at this time.)
HV-14 Sør-Hålogaland
HV-141 Vefsn
HV-14102 Vefsn/Grane
HV-14103 Hattfjelldal
HV-14104 Leirfjord
HV-142 Rana
HV-14202 Hemnes
HV-14203 Mo
HV-14204 Nesna
HV-143 Salten
HV-14302 Fauske/Søndre-Sørfold
HV-14303 Saltdal
HV-14304 Beiarn/Skjerstad
HV-14305 Gildeskål
HV-14306 Bodø
HV-144 Kysten
HV-14402 Bindal
HV-14403 Vega/Brønnøy
HV-14404 Alstahaug
HV-14405 Lurøy/Træna
HV-14406 Rødøy/Meløy
HV-145 Nord-Salten
HV-14502 Hamarøy og Tysfjord
HV-14503 Steigen
LUHV-147 Bodø LUHV (Air Home Guard Subdistrict at Bodø
Airbase)
LUHV-14701 Bodø
LUHV-14702 Bodø
LUHV-14703 Bodø
SHV-149 SHV (Naval Home Guard Subdistrict)
SHV-14911
SHV-14912
(Note: The District Numbers may not be accurate)
HV-15 Nord-Hålogaland (Staff, Comms unit)
HV-151 Harstad (Staff and Staff Platoon)
HV-15102 Kvæfjord
HV-15103 Vågsfjord
HV-15104 Evenes/Sk.
HV-15105 Lødingen/Tj.
HV-152 Ofoten (Staff, Staff Platoon, Jeger(recon) Platoon and
Dog
Platoon)
HV-15202 Astafjord
HV-15203 Bjerkvik
HV-15204 Narvik
HV-15205 Ballangen
HV-153 Lofoten
HV-15302 Vågan
HV-15303 Vestvågøy
HV-15303 Flakstad/Moskenes
HV-15304 Værøy og Røst
HV-154 Vesterålen
HV-15402 Hadsel
HV-15403 Bø
HV-15404 Øksnes
HV-15405 Sortland
HV-15406 Andøya
LUHV-157
LUHV-15701 Evenes
LUHV-15702 Andøya
SHV-159 Hålogaland
SHV-15921 Lofoten
SHV-15922 Vesterålen
SHV-15923 Harstad
(Actual District/Area Numbers and support units)
* The 13 Districts of Southern Norway has an average of 5.300
(Total 69.000 Men). The reason is mainly that the Northern Districts
do not
have as many people living there and that the regular army has
more forces
in the North.
Information courtesy of Pål Gjerde