The Norwegian Army Command Germany was in charge of the Norwegian contribution to the occupation of the British Zone in Germany, which with the creation of NATO also become a defence force. It was active from the fall of 1946 to the summer of 1953 and represented the Norwegian Army High Command with regards to both the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany

Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany

The Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany was a Norwegian expeditionary force stationed first in the Hanover area and from 1948 to 1953 in the Schleswig Holstein area of Germany as part of the British occupying force after World War II.-Background:...

 and the British Army of the Rhine

British Army of the Rhine

There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine . Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War, and the other after the Second World War.-1919–1929:...

. With changing brigades every 6 months the command represented the continuity in the Norwegian presence in Germany.

Commanders

Name	Term began	Term ended
Major General Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen was a Norwegian Army officer.From 1937 to 1941, Hansteen served as Norwegian Military attaché to Helsinki...	1 September 1946	30 September 1948
Major General Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen was a Norwegian military officer, born in Fredrikshald. He served at the general staff from 1915 to 1930 and from 1938 to 1940. He was given the task to negotiate with the Germans on the armistice in 1940. From 1942 to 1945 he was a prisoner-of-war in German custody...	1 October 1948	31 August 1949
Major General Arne Dagfin Dahl Arne Dagfin Dahl Arne Dagfin Dahl CBE was a Norwegian military officer most renowned as the commander of the Alta Battalion during the fighting at Narvik in Northern Norway in 1940.-First World War:...	1 September 1949	31 October 1950
Major General Hans Reidar Holtermann Hans Reidar Holtermann Hans Reidar Holtermann was a Norwegian military officer. Holtermann is best known as the commander of Hegra Fortress during the Battle of Hegra Fortress in the Norwegian Campaign of 1940....	1 November 1950	30 April 1952
Major General Bjørn Olafsøn Christophersen	1 May 1952	18 June 1953

Sources and Notes

• Tysklandsbrigaden, a veterans' homepage.
• Agreement relating to the participation of a Norwegian brigade group in the occupation of the British Zone in Germany.