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Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

Norwegian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and defense

Summary

Norwegian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and defense

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating foreign affairs, military, development cooperation, Svalbard or in other polar regions and matters in general relating to agreements between Norway and other states or organizations. It corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. The committee has 16 members and is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party. The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.

Members 2021–25

The committee is chaired by [[Ine Eriksen Søreide]].

Representative	Party	Position
Ine Eriksen Søreide	Conservative	Chair
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust	Labour	First Vice Chair
Guri Melby	Liberal	Second Vice Chair
	Progress
Sylvi Listhaug	Progress
Nils-Ole Foshaug	Labour
	Conservative
Dag Inge Ulstein	Christian Democratic
Erna Solberg	Conservative
Eva Kristin Hansen	Labour
Bjørnar Moxnes	Red
Ingrid Fiskaa	Socialist Left
Rigmor Aasrud	Labour
Marit Arnstad	Centre
	Conservative
Bengt Fasteraune	Centre

Leadership

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs.

Key

Chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Left office
[[File:SD meets with Norway’s Minister of Defence 170517-D-SV709-158 (34721980225) (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Conservative
[[File:Norges_kulturminister_Anniken_Huitfeldt_under_ett_nordiskt_kulturministermote_vid_Nordiska_Radets_session_2011_i_Kopenhamn.jpg	100px]]	Labour
[[File:SD meets with Norway’s Minister of Defence 170517-D-SV709-158 (34721980225) (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Conservative	present

Vice Chairs

First Vice Chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Left office
[[File:Svein_Roald_Hansen_-_Arbeiderpartiet.jpg	100px]]	Labour
[[File:Øyvind_Halleraker_(2017-03-11_bilde02).jpg	100px]]	Conservative
[[File:Michael_Tetzschner_(H)_Norge,_Nordiska_radets_session_2011_i_Kopenhamn_(1).jpg	100px]]	Conservative
[[File:Kari_Henriksen_-_Arbeiderpartiet.jpg	100px]]	Labour
[[File:Åsmund_Aukrust,_nestleder_i_AUF_(6082081311)_(cropped).jpg	100px]]	Labour
[[File:Nils Ole Foshaug DSC07594 (35315560592).jpg	100px]]	Labour	present

Second Vice Chairs

Portrait	Name	Party	Left office
[[File:Stopdld_demo_oslo_Bård_Vegar_Solhjell_2.jpg	100px]]	Socialist Left
[[File:Snorre_Valen_(205402).jpg	100px]]	Socialist Left
[[File:Kristian_Norheim_0052_(crop).jpg	100px]]	Progress
[[File:C_TybringGjedde5982_2E_jpg_DF0000062785_(edit).jpg	100px]]	Progress
[[File:Guri_Melby_(51133281858)_(cropped).jpg	100px]]	Liberal	present

References

[[Parliament of Norway]]. "The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence".
[http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/Standing-Commitees/The-Standing-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs/ The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence] Stortinget.no. Retrieved 11 July 2022

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