# Norwegian High Command

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The '''Norwegian High Command''' ({{langx|no|Forsvarets Overkommando, FO}}) was Norway's top military leadership from 1970 to 2003. It was established in Northern Norway in 1940 by General [Otto Ruge](/source/Otto_Ruge). It was then re-established by the Norwegian Government-in-exile in London in 1942, lasting until 1946. The High Command was re-established in 1970, lasting until 2003, when a different organization was formed.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Forsvarets overkommando |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Forsvarets_overkommando |language=Norwegian | accessdate=24 October 2010 }}</ref>

==World War II==
The Norwegian High Command was re-established on 6 February 1942. [Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen](/source/Wilhelm_von_Tangen_Hansteen) was [Chief of Defence](/source/Chief_of_Defence_of_Norway) until 1 July 1944, when [Crown Prince Olav](/source/Olav_V_of_Norway) took over.<ref name=kl>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Berit |last=Nøkleby |authorlink= | encyclopedia=[Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45](/source/Norsk_krigsleksikon_1940-45) |title=Forsvarets Overkommando, FO |language=Norwegian |editor=[Dahl](/source/Hans_Fredrik_Dahl) |editor2=[Hjeltnes](/source/Guri_Hjeltnes) |editor3=[Nøkleby](/source/Berit_N%C3%B8kleby) |editor4=[Ringdal](/source/Nils_Johan_Ringdal) |editor5=[Sørensen](/source/%C3%98ystein_S%C3%B8rensen) |url= |accessdate= |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |pages=114–115 }}</ref>

===Organization===
Among the offices were 
*FO II, which dealt with intelligence.
*FO-IV had "responsibility for the Armed Forces military operations in Norway and the cooperation with Milorg"<ref name=n145>Njølstad p.145</ref> including [Special Operations](/source/Special_Operations_Executive).<ref name=kl/>
*FO's "''[hjemmekontor](/source/hjemmekontor)''" (where [Jacob Schive](/source/Jacob_Schive) worked)<ref name=n145>Njølstad p.145</ref>

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