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 16 members and is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party.^[2] The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.

Members 2021–25

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs.

Key
  Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party
  Socialist Left Party

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Ine Eriksen Søreide	Conservative	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
Anniken Huitfeldt	Labour	22 October 2013	30 September 2021	7 years, 343 days
Ine Eriksen Søreide	Conservative	20 October 2021	present	3 years, 34 days

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Svein Roald Hansen	Labour	20 October 2009	30 September 2013	3 years, 345 days
Øyvind Halleraker	Conservative	22 October 2013	30 September 2017	3 years, 343 days
Michael Tetzschner	Conservative	18 October 2017	30 September 2021	3 years, 347 days
Kari Henriksen	Labour	20 October 2021	26 November 2021	37 days
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust	Labour	30 November 2021	present	2 years, 359 days

Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Tenure
Bård Vegar Solhjell	Socialist Left	22 October 2009	23 March 2012	2 years, 153 days
Snorre Valen	Socialist Left	18 April 2012	30 September 2013	1 year, 165 days
Kristian Norheim	Progress	22 October 2013	5 June 2015	1 year, 226 days
Christian Tybring-Gjedde	Progress	10 June 2015	30 September 2021	6 years, 112 days
Guri Melby	Liberal	20 October 2021	present	3 years, 34 days

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