Welcome to the website of the Rekruttbatteriet Frogner, a Norwegian Home Guard Youth detachment in Oslo.

The Home Guard Youth (HVU) is a voluntary organisation for boys and girls aged 16 to 21 years. There are about 94 HVU detachments based in communities around Norway with a strength of around 1500 youths.

Members of the Home Guard Youth organisation wear uniforms,  and it have a training syllabus based upon the proven morale-building techniques and activities of the military way of life.

The Home Guard Youth is formally attached to the Norwegian armed forces.  However, the Home Guard Youth cannot be recruited to the Norwegian armed forces, because according to the Home Guard Act and the Compulsory Military Service Act no persons below the age of 18 years are to be considered to be members of the Norwegian armed forces.

Members of the Home Guard Youth do not take part in any practical training or in any other way war-related activities. They are to be exempt from service in situations where the armed forces could be involved in hostilities acording to the Home Guard Act.

Furthermore the Home Guard Youth are not subject to military disciplinary authority or to the Military Penal Code. Participation in the Home Guard Youth is solely on a voluntary basis and takes place in the young person’s free time. 

The Home Guard Youth is an arena for outdoor recreation and other physical and sporting activities with a military element.