Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

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 17 members and is chaired by Anniken Huitfeldt of the Labour Party.[2] The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.

Members 2013–17

The committee is chaired by Anniken Huitfeldt
RepresentativePartyPosition
Anniken HuitfeldtLabourChair
Øyvind HallerakerConservativeFirst deputy chair
Kristian NorheimProgressSecond deputy chair
Elin Rodum AgdesteinConservative
Regina AlexandrovaConservative
Sylvi GrahamConservative
Trine Skei GrandeLiberal
Svein Roald HansenLabour
Knut Arild HareideChristian Democratic
Liv Signe NavarseteCenter
Trond HellelandConservative
Marit NybakkLabour
Per SandbergProgress
Kåre SimensenLabour
Bård Vegar SolhjellSocialist Left
Jens StoltenbergLabour
Christian Tybring-GjeddeProgress

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 30 October 2013
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