Norwegian Cyber Defence Force

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Norwegian. (November 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Norwegian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at [[:no:Cyberforsvaret]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|no|Cyberforsvaret}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Norwegian Cyber Defence Force
Cyberforsvaret
Badge of Cyberforsvaret
Founded	September 18, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-18)
Country	Norway
Type	Cyber force
Size	1,200 (2017)[1]
Part of	Norwegian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Jørstadmoen Leir
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	HM Harald V of Norway
Ceremonial chief	Generalmajor Halvor Johansen

The Norwegian Cyber Defence Force (Norwegian: Cyberforsvaret) is a branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for military communications and defensive cyberwarfare in Norway. The force employs 1,500 people located at more than 60 locations. The main base is at Jørstadmoen in Lillehammer, with a secondary base at Kolsås outside Oslo.