The Telemark Bataljon (Telemark Battalion, TMBN) is a mechanised infantry unit of the Norwegian Army. It was established in 1993, and is a part of Brigade Nord and stationed at Rena, Hedmark. The battalion consists of five companies/squadrons. In 1993 it was a motorised infantry unit, tasked as an Immediate Reaction Force with the Norwegian Army, stationed at Heistadmoen in southern Norway, manned mainly by conscripts. It served in Bosnia, and by 2002, all the enlisted soldiers had two and three-year contracts of enlistment and the unit had no more conscripts.[ The battalion was moved to a new camp at Rena and converted to mechanised infantry. Presented with its new colours in 2002, the Telemark Battalion was operational on 1 July 2003. In addition, the Telemark Battalion frequently trains with the rest of the Norwegian Army High Reaction Force. This is a composite unit made up of the Telemark Battalion, as well as enlisted personnel from support capabilities, ranging from artillery to military police. The Telemark Battalion was one of the infantry battalions assigned to the NATO Response Force during the NRF-4 rotation from January to July 2005; the others were Regiment Johan Willem Friso and Regiment Van Heutsz of the Dutch Army and Fallschirmjägerbataillon 373 of the German Army. Telemark Battalion is the primary source of international contributions from the Norwegian Army. The battalion has almost constantly been involved in the ISAF operation in Afghanistan since 2003. The Telemark Bataljon is a mechanized infantry unit, part of the Norwegian Army’s Immediate Reaction Force. It is the main source for Norwegian Army contributions to international operations. Its elite status is due to the fact that is staffed exclusively by contract soldiers, rather than conscripts, the operational experience acquired during multiple deployments in Bosnia, Kosovo, Irag, and Afghanistan, and esprit de corps.

Deployments

• 1997–1999: SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1999–2002: KFOR in Kosovo
• 2003: in Iraq
• 2003–2004: The unit was temporarily handed over to ISAF, and thereafter deployed to Kabul in Afghanistan
• 2005–2006: ISAF at Kabul in Afghanistan
• 2006: ISAF at Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan
• 2006–2007: ISAF at Meymaneh, Afghanistan
• 2008: ISAF at Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan
• 2008–2011: ISAF at Meymaneh, Afghanistan
• 2015: Kurdistan Training Coordination Center, Iraq
• 2017-2018: Norwegian Task Unit, Iraq
• 2017: Enhanced Forward Presence, Lithuania
• 2020: Norwegian Task Unit 6, Iraq

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