Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services
The Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services (Norwegian: Forsvarets sanitet; abbreviated FSAN) is the joint medical services of the Norwegian Armed Forces. It is led by the head of the Joint Medical Services who is a Major-General or Rear Admiral. It is headquartered at the teaching hospital Medisinsk Utdannings- og kompetansesenter ("Military Medical Education and Competence Center"; MUKS) in Sessvollmoen near Oslo.[1] It was established in London on 7 July 1941 and formed part of the Norwegian High Command. Before 1941 the medical services of the different branches of the military were separate. The history of the medical services of the Norwegian armed forces date back to the 15th century in the case of the navy and the 17th century in the case of the army.[2][3]
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- ^ Sanitetsgeneralen, Hadeland, 7. okober. 2002 «Forsvaret har samlet sanitetstjenesten i et militærmedisinsk utdannings- og kompetansesenter (MUKS) på Sessvollmoen, og fredag ble Leif Sverre Rosén innsatt som sjef.»
- ^ Melien, Tor Jørgen (2016). Forsvarets sanitet: Helse for stridsevne 1941–2016. Oslo: Dreyer. p. 27ff and p. 55ff. ISBN 978-82-8265-175-2.
- ^ Jan Knudtzon Sommerfelt-Pettersen, "Hvordan bør Forsvarets sanitet utvikle seg? Vyer for fremtiden," Michael no. 1/2017