Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK) is the Norwegian maritime special operations forces unit, established in 1953. It is the oldest of Norway's two special operations forces (the other being Forsvarets Spesialkommando) and is located in Ramsund Naval Base in the northern part of Norway and at Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen, western Norway. MJK is employed in the full spectrum of special operations, including unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, recovery or protection of ships and oil installations, various counter-terrorism missions, hostage rescue and direct action. As is expected from any special operations forces, the training to become an MJK operator is long and arduous, taking a minimum of two years and further augmented by specializing courses during the following contract period, such as combat medic training, sniper training and forward air control (FAC) training. During selection, candidates are put through extremely demanding tests. During one of these, each of the candidates (which at this point of the selection consists of about 5-8 men out of an original 100-200) must carry a 60 kg (130 lb) rucksack while being hunted by an "enemy force" consisting ofHome Guard-soldiers, K-9 units and Police. At some point during the test, the candidates are captured and must endure 36 hours of tactical questioning.

In the autumn of 1940, two Norwegian military units were set up in the United Kingdom. Their mission was to carry out special operations against Nazi forces in occupied Norway. The two units were Shetlandsgjengen (Shetland Bus), who used fishing vessels to transport people and materials to and from Norway, and Kompani Linge (Norwegian Independent Company 1), initially under the command of Lieutenant Martin Linge. Both units were under the command of the British Special Operations Executive.[citation needed] In 1953 the Royal Norwegian Navy formed a frogman-unit. This unit was under the command of Ove Lund, and is the origin of the modern Marinejegerkommandoen and Minedykkerkommandoen. The mission of the frogmen was to conduct re-con and sabotage against enemy targets above and below water. The frogmen were also tasked with disarming all water-borne explosive devices.[citation needed] The missions gradually become more comprehensive and different frogman specialities emerged. This led to members of the unit being divided into a clearance diver team and two combat swimmer teams, in 1968. Of the combat swimmer groups, one was based at Ramsund Naval Station in northern Norway, and one was based at Karljohansvern Naval Station in southern Norway.[citation needed] The two combat swimmer teams were eventually fused into one and based in Ramsund. They later changed names to the current Marinejegerkommandoen. Today the unit has its main base in Bergen, with training facilities in Ramsund.

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