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Analyses | | Maria Domańska, Piotr Żochowski, Witold Rodkiewicz

Major East–West prisoner exchange

On 1 August, Ankara witnessed the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. The exchange also involved Belarus, Germany, Poland, Norway, and Slovenia.
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński

Norway more investment in national defence and support for Ukraine

On 21 June, the Norwegian parliament adopted an amendment to the 2024 budget law, which increases defence funding from 91 to 104 billion Norwegian kroner (€9.14 billion). This will enable Norway to reach its defence spending target of 2%…
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński

Nordic countries a common vision for the development of defence cooperation

On 30 April, the defence ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden signed a document setting out their overall common vision for the development of Nordic defence cooperation up to 2030 under NORDEFCO. Their collaboration…
Analyses | | Michał Kędzierski

Germany a huge contract for Norwegian gas

On 19 December 2023, Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), a German state-controlled gas company, signed a long-term contract with the Norwegian Equinor energy company to supply 111 TWh of gas annually in the period from 2024 to 2034 (which…
OSW Report | | Piotr Szymański

NATOs polar quartet. The US, Canada, Denmark and Norway in the Arctic

The Arctic is the part of the world that has been most severely affected by climate change. The Arctic Ocean is heating up, new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction are emerging, and international cooperation in the polar…
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński

Norway banks on German tanks

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and the country’s defence and finance ministers announced on 3 February that Oslo will purchase 54 Leopard-2A7 tanks, with an option to order 18 more vehicles in the future. The overall value of…
Analyses | | Jacek Tarociński

Norway against Russian hybrid activities

At a press conference held on 25 October, the Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste, PST) announced that it had taken over an investigation into the activity of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the…
Analyses | | Piotr Szymański

Norway centre-left takes the helm

The centre-left won a majority in Norway’s parliamentary election held on 13 September. This marks the end of the centre-right governments led by the Conservative Party (Høyre) with Erna Solberg as prime minister (2013–2021). The winning…
Analyses | | Justyna Gotkowska

US Marines in northern Norway

The Norwegian government and parliament had granted approval for the rotational stationing of the US Marines to continue in Norway for the next five years.
Analyses | | Justyna Gotkowska

Norwegian security and defence policy – strategy in the time of crisis

The Norwegian conservatives made corrections to Norwegian security and defence policy.