Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs is a defunct committee of the Norwegian Parliament responsible for matters related to foreign policy

Foreign policy

A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

, development assistance, international agreements, Svalbard

Svalbard

Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...

and the Norwegian polar regions.

Leaders

Leaders	Party	Period
J. L. Mowinckel	Liberal	1917–18
Ivar Peterson Tveiten Ivar Peterson Tveiten Ivar Peterson Tveiten was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1924-1926.-References:...	Liberal	1919–23
Arnold Holmboe Arnold Holmboe Arnold Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was mayor of Tromsø, two-term member of the Norwegian Parliament as well as Minister of Justice from 1922 to 1923 and Minister of Finance from 1924 to 1926....	Liberal	1923-24
Nils Nilsson Skaar	Liberal	1924
C. J. Hambro	Conservative Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...	1925–45
Terje Wold Terje Wold Terje Wold was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Labour Party.Terje Wold was born in Evenes. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1921. He worked as a jurist, becoming a Supreme Court Justice of Norway in 1950. From 1958 to 1969 he was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...	Labour	1945–49
Finn Moe Finn Moe Finn Moe was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Bergen.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1950, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1945–1949.-References:...	Labour	1950–65
Bent Røiseland Bent Røiseland Bent Røiseland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party....	Liberal	1965–70
Helge Seip Helge Seip Helge Seip was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. In the local chapter of Oslo he was a member of the board from 1937 to 1939, and...	Liberal People's]]	1970–73
Tor Oftedal Tor Oftedal Tor Oftedal was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions...	Arbeidepartiet	1973–77
Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Norwegian Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981....	Labour	1977–79
Arvid Johanson	Labour	1979–80
Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...	Arbeiderpartet	1980–81
Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen Reiulf Steen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was active in the Norwegian Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981....	Labour	1981
Kåre Kristiansen Kåre Kristiansen Kåre Gudbrand Kristiansen was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party. Noted as a conservative within his own party, he was known to take controversial positions at odds with the prevailing consensus.Kristiansen was born in Bergen, the son of a lay preacher. Both his parents...	Christian Democrat	1981–83
Jakob Aano Jakob Aano Jakob Aano is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He was never involved in local politics, but was the first vice leader of the national party from 1983 to 1985.He...	Christian Democrat	1983–85
Jan Petersen Jan Petersen Jan Petersen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet...	Conservative	1985–86
Kåre Willoch Kåre Willoch Kåre Isaachsen Willoch is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1963 and 1965–1970, and as Prime Minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986...	Conservative	1986–89
Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian Social democratic politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. She served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway , and has served as the Director General of the World Health Organization...	Labour	1989–90
Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991-1994, as well as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993-1994. He was then Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-1996 and 1996-1997, and Minister of Defense 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg...	Labour	1990–91
Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug Gunnar Skaug was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party . Born in Sarpsborg, Skaug was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1969, and was president of the Odelsting from 1993 to 2001...	Labour	1991–93
Haakon Blankenborg Haakon Blankenborg Haakon Blankenborg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Vågå as a son of sawmill and forest Ola Blankenborg and housewife Margit Kjeka . After primary school in Vågå he attended secondary school in Vinstra from 1972 to 1975, and worked as a sawmill worker from 1975 to 1976...	Labour	1993–2000
Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe...	Labour	2000
Einar Steensnæs Einar Steensnæs Einar Steensnæs is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democrats, and served as parliamentary representative for Rogaland 1993-1997. He was also Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1989-1990, and Minister of Petroleum and Energy 2001-2004....	Christian Democrat	2000–2001
Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe...	Labour	2001–2005
Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen is Director General of Shipping and Navigation. Akselsen has served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001.-1989 to 2001:Akselsen was first elected to the...	Labour	2005–

Members 2005–09

Member	Party	Remarks
Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen Olav Akselsen is Director General of Shipping and Navigation. Akselsen has served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001.-1989 to 2001:Akselsen was first elected to the...	Labour Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....	Leader
Erna Solberg Erna Solberg Erna Solberg is a Norwegian politician, and current leader of the Conservative Party of Norway. She was the Municipal and Regional Minister in Kjell Magne Bondevik's second government, 19 October 2001 until 17 October 2005. In 2005, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of St. Olav.-Early...	Conservative Conservative Party of Norway The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...	Deputy leader
Marit Nybakk Marit Nybakk Marit Nybakk is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and 3rd Vice President of the Storting.She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1989, and has been re-elected on four occasions. She previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1985–1989...	Labour	Deputy leader
Hill-Marta Solberg Hill-Marta Solberg Hill-Marta Solberg is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and a parliamentary representative for Nordland. She was Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1994-1996 and 1996-1997.-External links:...	Labour
Siv Jensen Siv Jensen Siv Jensen is a Norwegian conservative-liberal politician, and the current leader of the Progress Party. She was the Progress Party's candidate for Prime Minister in the 2009 parliamentary election.-Early and personal life:...	Progress Progress Party (Norway) The Progress Party is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media has described it as conservative and right-wing populist...
Finn Martin Vallersnes Finn Martin Vallersnes Finn Martin Vallersnes is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 2001, and has been re-elected on one occasion...	Conservative
Dagfinn Høybråten Dagfinn Høybråten Dagfinn Høybråten , is a Norwegian politician and the former leader of the Christian Democratic Party. He was the director of the National Insurance Administration from 1997 to 2004, but barely attended to the position because he was a government minister in Bondevik's First Cabinet from 1997 to...	Christian Democrat
Øyvind Vaksdal Øyvind Vaksdal Øyvind Vaksdal is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1997, and has been re-elected on two occasions...	Progess
Åslaug Haga Åslaug Haga Åslaug Marie Haga is a Norwegian politician. She was the leader of the Centre Party from 2003 to 2008.-Early life and career:Haga was born in Nes, Akershus. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Oslo...	Centre Centre Party (Norway) The Centre Party is a centrist and agrarian political party in Norway, founded in 1920. The Centre Party's policy is not based on any of the major ideologies of the 19th and 20th century, but has a focus on maintaining decentralised economic development and political decision-making.From its...
Vidar Bjørnstad Vidar Bjørnstad Vidar Bjørnstad is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He graduated with the cand.mag. degree from the University of Oslo in 1979. He later studied briefly at the George Washington University. From 1986 to 1987, during the second cabinet Brundtland, he was appointed personal secretary for...	Labour
Ågot Valle Ågot Valle Ågot Jorunn Valle is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1997....	Socialist Left Socialist Left Party (Norway) The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...
Anne Margrethe Larsen Anne Margrethe Larsen Anne Margrethe Larsen is a Norwegian politician representing the Liberal Party. She is currently a representative of Vest-Agder in the Storting and was first elected in 2005.-Storting committees:...	Liberal
Anette Trettebergstuen Anette Trettebergstuen Anette Trettebergstuen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 2005. She is the only openly lesbian politician in the Norwegian Parliament....	Labour

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