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

Representative	Party	Position
Huitfeldt, AnnikenAnniken Huitfeldt	Labour	Chair
Halleraker, ØyvindØyvind Halleraker	Conservative	First deputy chair
Norheim, KristianKristian Norheim	Progress	Second deputy chair
Agdestein, Elin RodumElin Rodum Agdestein	Conservative
Alexandrova, ReginaRegina Alexandrova	Conservative
Graham, SylviSylvi Graham	Conservative
Grande, Trine SkeiTrine Skei Grande	Liberal
Hansen, Svein RoaldSvein Roald Hansen	Labour
Hareide, Knut ArildKnut Arild Hareide	Christian Democratic
Navarsete, Liv SigneLiv Signe Navarsete	Center
Helleland, TrondTrond Helleland	Conservative
Nybakk, MaritMarit Nybakk	Labour
Sandberg, PerPer Sandberg	Progress
Simensen, KåreKåre Simensen	Labour
Solhjell, Bård VegarBård Vegar Solhjell	Socialist Left
Stoltenberg, JensJens Stoltenberg	Labour
Tybring-Gjedde, ChristianChristian Tybring-Gjedde	Progress

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

Standing committees	Business and Industry Education, Research and Church Affairs Energy and the Environment Family and Cultural Affairs Finance and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs and Defence Health and Care Services Justice Labour and Social Affairs Local Government and Public Administration Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Transport and Communications

Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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