Field Notes Field Reports

NATO Winter Training

Fyringsvakta in use during a NATO winter training course in Norway.

  • January 2026
  • Norway
  • Participants from several NATO nations
Participants in winter camouflage pitching a tent on open snow below sunlit mountains, with a Fyringsvakta stove in the foreground.
Pitching tents on open snow.

The course brought together participants from NATO nations. These photographs were taken during the course and show Fyringsvakta in use in the open, in snow-block field kitchens and inside tents.

A participant kneeling beside two Fyringsvakta stoves on a snow-covered plateau under a pale sky.
Overhead view of two Fyringsvakta stoves in use on the snow, with participants kneeling on either side.
Two stoves running side by side.
Two Fyringsvakta stoves with pots on a ledge in a field kitchen cut from snow blocks.
Snow-block field kitchen.

Participants cooking by headlamp after dark, with a lit Fyringsvakta stove and a pot on the snow.
A lit Fyringsvakta stove on the snow floor of a green tent, next to a pack and load-carrying vest.
Inside a tent: a lit Fyringsvakta stove, a steaming wooden cup, boots and a sleeping bag.