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A description of the total defence in Norway.

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Dealing with the media: Guide for civil servants and armed forces staff

Meld. St. 14 (2012-2013) - Competency for a new era

KFOR (5) - Norway's role as Lead Nation

Lieutenant General Thorstein Skiaker on 6 April 2001 took up his post as Commander KFOR by virtue of his position as the NATO commander at Joint Headquarters North located at Jåtta, Stavanger. Norway has therefore taken on the responsibility as

Joint Strike Missile (JSM) - A Considerably Strengthened Norwegian Threshold Against War and Conflict

Friday the 23rd of May 2014 the Norwegian Government presented a bill to Parliament where it proposes to invest nearly NOK 3.7 billion (USD 622 million) in the third and final phase of development of the Joint Strike Missile. The JSM has been in

The Combat Aircraft Blog - the Official Blog of the Norwegian F-35 Program Office

Comments and updates - click the link below to visit the blog now!

International operations and veterans

The Norwegian Armed Forces International operations and veterans - here you can read a summery.

International operations

Participation in international operations is an important and integral part of Norway’s security and defence policy, and a steadily increasing number of armed forces personnel will in future have served overseas. Since 1947 around 100,000 Norwegian

Facts regarding Norway and F-35

The F-35 remains crucial to the continued modernization of our Armed Forces and our ability to preserve Norwegian and allied security and interests. September 2018 Norway received 3 more aircraft from Fort Worth, Texas, adding up so the total number

Contact the Ministry of Defence

Visiting adress Glacisgata 1 og Myntgata 1, Oslo Postal adress Ministry of Defence Pb. 8126 Dep., 0032 Oslo E-mail: postmottak@fd.dep.no Telephone: + 47 23 09 80 00 Press phone + 47 994 06 011 The Norwegian Ministry of Defence on Social Media

The Defence Budget 1999. Summary

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Long Term Defence Plan adopted

On 15 November the Storting adopted Norway’s new Long Term Defence Plan. Now begins the job of putting the contents of the plan into effect. This article explains a bit about the way forward.

The Expert Commission on Norwegian Security and Defence Policy

In December 2014, the Norwegian Minister of Defence tasked an independent group of experts on Norwegian security and defence policy to advice on the Norwegian Armed Forces’ ability to solve their most demanding tasks in severe crises and war. This

Media Contacts

Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence Photos in high-res of the spokespersons can be found on flickr. Press contact for the Minister of Defence: +47 23 09 60 11 . No text/SMS. E-mail: FDinfo@fd.dep.no Press contact for the Chief of Defence: +47 91 66

Departments

Senior administrative staff

New Submarines - status per 1 February 2018

The Norwegian Submarine Project is on track. Germany and Norway are working closely together on procuring identical submarines, and the joint process towards the submarine supplier tkMS is well under way.

Organisation

The Ministry of Defence is organised in five departments with a total staff of about 300. There are both civil and military posts at all levels within the Ministry.

Other political staff