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

Members 2013–17

RepresentativePartyPosition
LabourChair
ConservativeFirst deputy chair
ProgressSecond deputy chair
Conservative
Conservative
Conservative
Liberal
Labour
Christian Democratic
Center
Conservative
Labour
Progress
Labour
Socialist Left
Labour
Progress