Ministry of Defence (Norway)

Ministry of Defence
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Agency overview
FormedSeptember 30, 1814; 209 years ago (1814-09-30)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Norway
HeadquartersGlacisgata 1, Oslo, Norway[1]
Annual budgetNok.60 million (2009/10)
Agency executives
  • Bjørn Arild Gram, Minister of Defence
  • Øystein Bø, State Secretary
  • Erik Lund-Isaksen, Secretary General
Child agency
Websitehttp://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fd.html?id=380

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence (Norwegian: Det kgl. Forsvarsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of the formation and implementation of national security and defence policy, and for the overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies. The ministry is located at Glacisgata 1, Oslo, inside Akershus festning. The ministry is headed by the politically appointed Minister of Defence, currently Bjørn Arild Gram.[2] The ministry controls a large group of defence-related agencies, not to be related with Ministry of Foreign Affairs that controls all intelligence-related agencies in the country.[citation needed]

  1. ^ 51°30′14″N 0°7′30″W / 51.50389°N 0.12500°W / 51.50389; -0.12500
  2. ^ "Norway: new strategy to prevent flow of fighters to Iraq, Syria". World Bulletin News desk. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.