The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (Norwegian: Utenriks- og forsvarskomiteen) 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.[1] The committee has 16 members and is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party.[2] 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.
RepresentativePartyPosition
Ine Eriksen SøreideConservativeChair
Åsmund Grøver AukrustLabourFirst Vice Chair
Guri Melby Liberal Second Vice Chair
Christian Tybring-GjeddeProgress
Sylvi ListhaugProgress
Nils-Ole FoshaugLabour
Hårek ElvenesConservative
Dag Inge UlsteinChristian Democratic
Erna SolbergConservative
Eva Kristin HansenLabour
Bjørnar MoxnesRed
Ingrid FiskaaSocialist Left
Rigmor AasrudLabour
Marit ArnstadCentre
Ingjerd SchouConservative
Bengt FasterauneCentre

Leadership

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

Key
  Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party
  Socialist Left Party

Chairs

Portrait Name Party Took office Left office Tenure
Ine Eriksen Søreide Conservative20 October 200930 September 20133 years, 345 days
Anniken Huitfeldt Labour22 October 201330 September 20217 years, 343 days
Ine Eriksen Søreide Conservative20 October 2021present2 years, 70 days

Vice Chairs

First Vice Chairs

Portrait Name Party Took office Left office Tenure
Svein Roald Hansen Labour20 October 200930 September 20133 years, 345 days
Øyvind Halleraker Conservative22 October 201330 September 20173 years, 343 days
Michael Tetzschner Conservative18 October 201730 September 20213 years, 347 days
Kari Henriksen Labour20 October 202126 November 202137 days
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust Labour30 November 2021present2 years, 29 days

Second Vice Chairs

Portrait Name Party Took office Left office Tenure
Bård Vegar Solhjell Socialist Left22 October 200923 March 20122 years, 153 days
Snorre Valen Socialist Left18 April 201230 September 20131 year, 165 days
Kristian Norheim Progress22 October 20135 June 20151 year, 226 days
Christian Tybring-Gjedde Progress10 June 201530 September 20216 years, 112 days
Guri Melby Liberal20 October 2021present2 years, 70 days

References

  1. ↑ Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. ↑ The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Stortinget.no. Retrieved 11 July 2022
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