Battle of Gratangen

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Battle of Gratangen
Part of the Norwegian Campaign of World War II
Date 23–25 April 1940 Location Gratangen, Norway Result German victory
Belligerents
Norway	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Overall: Kristian Løken I/IR12 (1st battalion of Infantry Regiment 12): Nils Christoffer Bøckman
Strength
I/IR12	165 soldiers
Casualties and losses
34 killed 64 wounded 130 captured	6 killed 16 wounded 3 missing

The Battle of Gratangen occurred during the first Norwegian counter-attack in the Narvik Campaign. The Norwegian 6th Division gathered forces to push the Germans out of Gratangen Municipality and back towards the town of Narvik. The first attack failed disastrously when the Germans counter-attacked unprepared Norwegian forces, routing a battalion and blunting the first Norwegian advance.