27th SS Police Regiment (original) (raw)

The 27th SS Police Regiment (German: SS-Polizei-Regiment 27) was initially named Police Regiment South Norway (Polizei-Regiment Süd-Norwegen) when it was formed in early 1941 after the German invasion of Norway in 1940 from existing Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) units for security duties there. It was redesignated as the 27th Police Regiment in mid-1942 before it received the SS title in early 1943.