A new facility built by Norwegian military personnel has opened in Poland. Camp Jomsborg, as it is known, is part of an initiative by Nordic and Baltic countries to provide support for their defense.
Training at the facility has already begun, with Norwegian and Estonian instructors working with a “three-figure number,” according to Norway’s defense ministry. Once the camp reaches full capacity, it will be able to “train several thousand soldiers.”
“We are here to demonstrate unity, agency, strength, and our resilience and preparedness,” said Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, opening the facility, located in the village of Lipa, near the border.
He was joined by his Norwegian and Estonian counterparts, Tore O. Sandvik and Hanno Pevkur, Ukrainian deputy defence minister Yevhen Moisiuk, as well as representatives of Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
The camp is part of an initiative called Operation Legio, through which the Nordic and Baltic states, alongside Poland, are seeking to equip and train defence forces.
The programme covers both basic training and advanced courses for officers and specialists. Norway has so far allocated 10 billion kroner (€860 million) to Operation Legio, covering equipment, camp construction and training. Other Nordic and Baltic countries are also contributing, with total donations sufficient to equip two brigades.
