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English: Norwegian volunteer soldiers undergoing training for service as "frontline fighters" (Norwegian: frontkjempere) for Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front during World War II.
  • From the oath-taking/swearing-in ceremony of soldiers in Viken Bataljon, the first unit in the Norwegian Legion, at Fallingbostel training camp (Truppenübungsplatz/Lager Fallingbostel) on the Lüneburg Heath, Germany in October 1941.
  • Parade grounds and military barracks. Banner/war flag of Viken bataljon.
  • Copy of photo from the Fotocollectie Spaarnestad Onderwerpen (Spaarnestad Photo) found in the online archives of Nationaal Archief, the national archives of the Netherlands
  • Orbis-Photo. Rechtenvrij (royalty-free); no known copyright restrictions.
The first force, Viken Battalion, consisted of 1000 men and was shipped to Kiel and transported to recruit school at Fallingbostel Heide (Truppenübungsplatz Lager Falligbostel on the Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony). The recruit school was as tough and disciplinary as in the SS, but the legion never became a typical Waffen-SS unit like the Wiking. For a long time, the legionnaires were allowed to wear a sewn-on Norwegian flag on their sleeves under the SS eagle, and even at the front, the Norwegians wore a stylized Norwegian lion instead of the SS runes on their right collar patch.
See more pictures of the Norwegian Legion:
• Quisling participates in the oath-taking on October 3, 1941
• Legionsminner, sketches of the Norwegian Legion's history, published by the Frontkjemperkotoret in 1943, a memorial photo book with texts in Norwegian.
• Den Norske Legion – Help the brothers in Finland!
• 1941: First Blood – the Den Norske Legion, the Frikorps Danmark and the Wiking in Barbarossa
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Source http://hdl.handle.net/10648/e0677ab8-cd24-6ddf-180f-4bf11688ef3e
Author Orbis-Photo. Rechtenvrij (royalty-free); no known copyright restrictions.
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  • Norwegian Legion: Colour of the 1st "Viken Bataljon", Waffen-SS
    Norwegian Legion: Colour of the 1st "Viken Bataljon", Waffen-SS
  • Hans Jüttner, Vidkun Quisling, Paul Wegener, etc. in Fallingbostel 1941
    Hans Jüttner, Vidkun Quisling, Paul Wegener, etc. in Fallingbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
  • Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941
    Norske Legion (Norwegia Waffen-SS volunteers) swearing-in Falligbostel 1941

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