Norwegian Armed Forces casualties in Afghanistan

Since late 2001, following the United States-led Invasion of Afghanistan, and during subsequent the War in Afghanistan the Norwegian Armed Forces has maintained a steady presence of troops, (peaking at approximately 500) in the country, attached to the larger International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).^[1]

As of October 2013, there has been 10 Norwegian Armed Forces fatalities in the War, seven of these were due to so called Improvised explosive devices, while two were due to direct hostile gunfire, and one were in connection with the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack. In addition there has been at least 26 non-fatal combat-related casualties.

List of fatalities

The following is a list of the fatal casualties:

Date of death	Name	Rank	Age	Sub unit	Unit	Cause of death	Location of death	Place of origin
23 May 2004	Tommy Rødningsby	Grenadier	29	Telemark Task Force II	Telemark Battalion	Hostile fire	Outside Kabul	Skreia, Østre Toten[2]
23 July 2007	Tor Arne Lau-Henriksen	Lieutenant	33	Army Ranger Command	Armed Forces' Special Command	Hostile fire	Outside Kabul	Elverum, Hedmark[3]
8 November 2007	Kristoffer Sørli Jørgensen	Grenadier	22	5th Oppland Home Guard	Home Guard	IED attack	Meymaneh, Faryab province	Stange, Hedmark[4]
17 April 2009	Trond Petter Kolset	Captain	29	Intelligence Battalion	Northern Brigade	IED attack	West of Mazar-e Sharif	Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag
25 Januar 2010	Claes Joachim Olsson	Grenadier	22	Provincial Reconstruction Team Meymaneh	Telemark Battalion	IED attack	Ghowrmach	Gressvik, Fredrikstad
27 June 2010	Trond André Bolle	Commander	41	Norwegian Navy Special Operations Command	Navy Special Forces	IED attack	Almar	Lena, Toten
27 June 2010	Christian Lian	Lieutenant	31	Coastal Ranger Command	Navy Special Forces	IED attack	Almar	Kristiansand
27 June 2010	Simen Tokle	Ensign	24	Coastal Ranger Command	Navy Special Forces	IED attack	Almar	Ballangen, Troms
27 June 2010	Andreas Eldjarn	Quartermaster	21	Coastal Ranger Command	Navy Special Forces	IED attack	Almar	Tromsø, Troms
1 April 2011	Siri Skare	Lieutenant Colonel	52	United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Norwegian Air Force	Mob violence	Mazar-e Sharif	Åndalsnes, Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Kronologisk utvikling av det norske styrkebidraget i Afghanistan" (in Norwegian). Mil.no. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
2. "Den drepte soldaten var en 29 år gammel totning". Aftenposten.no. 23 May 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
3. Haugli, Kurt (23 July 2007). "- De måtte skyte seg ut". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
4. Trondsen, Flemming (17 April 2009). "En norsk soldat drept og en skadet". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 21 October 2013.