Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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- I am very pleased that the restructuring of Norway’s Armed Forces, as endorsed by the Storting on 13 June this year, is now under way in earnest. In the course of the next four years the Armed Forces will be facing the most comprehensive
The Defence Budget for 2002 amounts to NOK 27.7 billion of which NOK 725 million represents internally generated income. If the funding allocation for Norwegian forces abroad is excluded from the calculations, this represents a budget increase
Some news media have indicated that Norway will be reluctant to provide support to the United States in accordance with Article 5 in the NATO-treaty. In that connection the Norwegian Minister of Defence, Mr Bjørn Tore Godal, gives the following
Dinner Speech by Defence Minister Bjørn Tore Godal at the Oslo Symposium Sundvollen September 6th 2001*
At the Svanhovd Ecological Center in Kirkenes today, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Øystein Singsaas opened the Steering Group meeting of the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Progam between Russia, the United States and
The Storting resolution supports the great majority of the top level measures in the Government’s programme for the restructuring of the Armed Forces.
"The broad agreement within the committee will bolster the position of the armed forces," commented Bjørn Tore Godal, Norwegian Minister of Defence, on the recommendations of the Norwegian Parliament’s defence committee regarding the long-term
Address by Bjørn Tore Godal, Minister of Defence, at The Norwegian Defence College, 4 May 2001.
Press release:The Norwegian General Thorstein Skiaker has of today, April 6, taken over the position of Commander for the NATO-led force in Kosovo - KFOR. "General Skiaker will be faced with challenging and high profiled tasks, but I am convinced
"When our forces take part in international missions, it is very important for them to have the best equipment possible for carrying out these missions. Good Norwegian products used on these missions will also be noticed by our allies," says the
Press release 05/2001: The Government has today made public its Long Term Plan on Defence, covering the period 2002-2005.
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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence Friday 16. February presented the Long Term Defence Plan (LTDP) for 2002 - 2005.
Anne-Grete Strøm Erichsen was today appointed new Minister of Defence. Together with the new state secretary, Espen Barth Eide, the Minister was handed the keys to the ministry.
Press release No.: 063/2000 Date: 4 October 2000 Defence budget 2001 The Government proposes to allocate NOK 27.23 billion for Defence in the year 2001. Of this total, NOK 1.92 billion is earmarked for international operations. This sum includes
Here you will find the main points in the final report from The Norwegian Defence Policy Commission.
The Defence Policy Commission, appointed by the Norwegian government, submitted its final report today. The Commission recommends a change in the general emphasis from the traditional anti-invasion defence structure to a wider and more balanced
Public address by State Secretary, Mr. Øystein Singsaas at the inauguration of the Regional Air Surveillance Co-Ordination Centre (RASCC) in Karmélava, 6 June 2000 Ladies and Gentlemen, When Norway first was called on to take the responsibility of
State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, Oeystein Singsaas, participates today, June 6, at the inauguration of the Regional Air Surveillance Co-ordination Centre (RASCC) in Kaunas, Lithuania.