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Statement at press conference with Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide's opening statement at the press conference with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi.

By Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Oslo, 27 August

Nor-Fishing 2020 Digital

*Check against delivery Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear seafood friends, It is a great pleasure to be here today and to be part of what is traditionally one of the most important gathering places for the international fishing industry. Due to the

By Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen

Ocean action offers ‘blue boost’ for recovery

Letter from Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Tommy Remengesau Jr, President of Palau, on print in Financial Times 7 August 2020.

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Norway's opportunities for sustainable growth and the green transition

*Check against delivery Dear distinguished guests. 2020 has turned out to be very different than anyone could have imagined. The corona crisis hit us and demanded immediate action. Even though the corona crisis has changed a lot, the need for a

By Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø The PROSIN conference 2020

Global push to end sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises must continue

“It is the responsibility of the international community to respond to the needs that the society has not been able to support, and it is their moral responsibility to find solutions - political and financial - to treat the consequences of this

By Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide

Briefing on the African-Nordic Initiative at the UN

State Secretary Marianne Hagen's videobrief concerning the African-Nordic Initiative at the UN: the status of the initiative in light of Covid-19 and possible ways forward.

By Former State Secretary Marianne Hagen Oslo, 9 June

Comments on BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020

Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru gave this opening remarks at Statkraft's Nordic launch of BloombergNEF's Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020 in Oslo on June 9th 2020.

By Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru

Joint Statement on the Role of a Sustainable Ocean Economy in a post-COVID-19 World

Today, we celebrate World Oceans Day under unprecedented circumstances, as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated health and economic challenges. We, the members of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, propose

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg World Oceans Day

PM Solbergs statement at the Global Vaccine Summit 2020

Prime Minister Erna Solbergs statement at Gavi’s donor pledging conference Global Vaccine Summit, June 4th 2020.

PM Solbergs speech at Virtual Ocean Dialogues

Prime Minister Erna Solbergs Keynote Speech at World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action’s Virtual Ocean Dialogues June 4th 2020.

Hydrogen in Norway

Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru gave this speech at the Norwegian Hydrogen Conference in Oslo on June 3rd 2020.

By Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru

Opening statement at the AHLC meeting 2 June

Foreign Minister Eriksen Søreide’s opening statement at the  the international donor group for Palestine (AHLC) meeting 2 June 2020.

By Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide

Reopening of borders to allow holiday and leisure travel between Norway and Denmark

Speech by Prime Minister Erna Solberg at a press conference regarding the reopening of borders for holiday and leisure travel between Norway and Denmark.

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg Oslo, 29 May 2020

High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond

Statement by Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and BeyondConvened by Canada, Jamaica and the UN Secretary-General, 28 May 2020.

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

To avert a Covid-triggered famine, our global food systems need to change

Only international co-operation to strengthen food security can save hundreds of millions of people from starvation as a result of the pandemic, write Ban Ki-moon and Dag-Inge Ulstein.

By Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein Reuters, 22 May

Statement from Minister of Education and Integration at Press Conference For Kids

As the Prime Minister said, we realise that it can be boring just staying at home all the time. I’m a mother of two small children myself. They think it’s a bit boring being at home so much, and I imagine many of you feel the same way. Lots of you

By Minister of Education and Integration Guri Melby

Statement at the UNSC Arria meeting on the Second World War

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide's statement at the UN Security Council Arria meeting on "75 Years From the End of the Second World War on European Soil - Lessons Learned for Preventing Future Atrocities, Responsibility of the

By Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Friday, 8 May

Introduction at press conference on further corona measures

Prime Minister Erna Solberg's introduction at press conference on Thursday 7 May.

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg Oslo, 7 May 2020

PM Solbergs statement at Coronavirus Global Response Summit

Check against delivery. Thank you, Ursula. Good afternoon, everyone. This conference is an expression of one key fact: That a global health crisis can only be pushed back through solidarity, and true partnership between governments, strong

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg

Prime Minister’s introduction at press conference on measures to support the oil and gas industry and green transformation

Today we are presenting a major package of measures to maintain activity in the oil and gas industry and the supply industry. We are doing this to safeguard jobs across the country. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in oil prices

By Prime Minister Erna Solberg