Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence


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.
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Members 2021–25

RepresentativePartyPosition
Ine Eriksen SøreideConservativeChair
Åsmund Grøver AukrustLabourFirst Vice Chair
Guri MelbyLiberalSecond Vice Chair
Progress
Sylvi ListhaugProgress
Nils-Ole FoshaugLabour
Conservative
Dag Inge UlsteinChristian Democratic
Erna SolbergConservative
Eva Kristin HansenLabour
Bjørnar MoxnesRed
Ingrid FiskaaSocialist Left
Rigmor AasrudLabour
Marit ArnstadCentre
Conservative
Bengt FasterauneCentre

Leadership

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