The soldiers were supposed to return after an exercise at 7 o'clock on Thursday morning, but had not been heard from by 19 o'clock.
Five of them have been found – three came to the agreed meeting place, two were found by the rescue helicopter that was deployed in the search. The five are doing well according to the police.
Police, rescue services, the military and the Red Cross are participating in the search, which is being carried out, among other things, with drones, dogs and a helicopter.
We have pressed the big red button in terms of the resources we have called out, says the police's incident leader Jørgen Haukland Hansen to NRK.
The Armed Forces state according to the news agency NTB that the exercise involved keeping themselves hidden.
