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Grußwort zum Willy-Brandt-Preis 2022

02/12/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Laudatio für Prof. Dr. Joachim Dorfmüller von Norwegens Außenministerin Anniken Huitfeldt.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Berlin, 2. Dezember

Address by the Prime Minister on “Sustainable development and energy transition”

18/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

'Let me underline our strong endorsement of Mission 300; the World Bank and African Development Bank-led initiative to provide electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030', said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre G20 Summit, Rio de Janeiro

Address by the Prime Minister on "Fight against hunger and poverty"

18/11/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

'IDA21 will be key in delivering on the ambitions of the Global Alliance - as well as other important development priorities. I am therefore pleased to announce that Norway will pledge an increase of 50 percent in our IDA contribution in December',

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro

Statement on partnership for sustainable use of the ocean

29/06/2022 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Statement by Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at the side event «Nansen Programme - a long-term partnership for sustainable use of the Ocean».

By Former Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim UN Ocean Conference 2022 in Lisbon, 29 June

Guidance note. Ensuring respect for the humanitarian principles

02/09/2024 Guidelines/brochures Ministry of Foreign Affairs

One of the main goals of Norway’s Humanitarian Strategy (2024-2029) is to ensure that people in need are given the necessary protection and assistance, in line with the humanitarian principles.

Why the Arctic is important for allied security

26/01/2026 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

We must build on 20 years of co-operation in the North, and respect each other’s borders.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Op-ed in the Financial Times

Statement by the Prime Minister at the session on Climate and Nature – Forests and Oceans

07/11/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

'The next few years are critical. We have extended Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative until 2035. We are in it for the long haul,' said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre COP30 Summit in Belém, Brazil

The Prime Minister's introduction at the press conference during the meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers in Stockholm

28/10/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

'We've also had among the Nordic prime ministers today a discussion on the need to coordinate our work against organized crime - against gangs, against drug trafficking - that is feeding organized crime in Europe,' said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Stockholm

Deposit Guarantee Scheme

15/03/2012 Letter Ministry of Finance

I would like to draw your attention to an issue which is of great importance for Norway, namely the ongoing review of the Deposit Guarantee Scheme directive which might be entering the final stage.

Comments by the Prime Minister at the Munich Security Conference at the panel “Towards Stability and Peace in the Middle East: De-escalation Challenge"

17/02/2024 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

«Are we served or are people in the region served by seeing the PA collapse? I think not. So, Norway has been working now, and I hope we will be able to succeed soon, to have a kind of an intermediate role to get the tax money transferred to the PA”

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Munich

No nation alone can solve a global problem by itself

17/02/2023 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

Op-ed by Bill Gates and Jonas Gahr Støre, Le Monde (English).

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

Address at the memorial ceremony in honour of Desmond Tutu

09/01/2022 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

In February 1986, I attended a service at a church in Soweto, a predominantly black township outside Johannesburg in segregated South Africa. The service was led by Desmond Tutu. It was a rather different experience from my own sporadic encounters

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Oslo Cathedral

The Prime Minister's address at the meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

23/09/2025 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

'The international support for and recognition of the State of Palestine is gaining momentum. The majority is growing,' said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre New York

Opening address at the Barents Euro-Arctic Council Ministerial meeting

26/10/2021 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt's opening address at the Barents Euro-Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Tromsø 26 October.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt Tromsø, 26 October

Statement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow

02/11/2021 Speech/statement Office of the Prime Minister

Ladies and Gentlemen, Norway comes to Glasgow with one overriding ambition; helping keep the 1.5 degree target alive.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre COP26, Glasgow, Scotland

Address at business seminar in London

01/03/2023 Speech/statement Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Anniken Huitfeldt's address at a British Norwegian business seminar in London. (Huitfeldt's address was held on behalf of Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland.)

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt London, 1 March