Speeches and statements

Europe – A Promise Worth Defending

Speech held at the Europe Day celebration at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, 12 May.

By State Secretary Maria Varteressian

Democracy as a Mission

Ladies and Gentlemen, Excellencies, Dear Mr. President, Dear Frank-Walter, First of all: Congratulations! It is a great honor and a sincere pleasure to speak here today and to celebrate your 70th birthday. You and I, Frank-Walter, we are about the

By Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg Symposium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Kunnskapsministerens hovedinnlegg under UNESCOs 43. generalforsamling

Kunnskapsminister Kari Nessa Nordtun holdt Norges hovedinnlegg under åpningen av UNESCOs 43. generalforsamling (General Policy Debate) i Samarkand, Usbekistan.

By Minister of Education Kari Nessa Nordtun Samarkand, Usbekistan

The Defence Minister's Speech at Oslo Military Society, 20 January 2025

By Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram

The Prime Minister’s statement at the press conference following the signing of the mutual defence agreement Norway – France

'Together with nine other European countries, Norway will also participate in a process linked to the French initiative which you call forward or advanced deterrence - on how French nuclear weapons can contribute to security and deterrence in Europe

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Paris

Speech at the plenary of the 112th International Labour Conference 2024

President, Director General, Ministers, Representatives of workers and employers, Let me start by saying that it is a privilege for me to attend this plenary today and to be able to discuss the Director General report on The New Social Contract. The

By State Secretary Per Olav Skurdal Hopsø Statement by Norway delivered by state secretary ofThe Ministry of Labour and Social inclusion Mr. Per Olav Hopsø, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 7 June 2024.

State Secretary Kravik’s remarks at Pacific Islands Leaders Forum

State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik remarks at the Forum Leaders’ Dialogue with Forum Dialogue Partners at the 53rd Pacific Islands Leaders Forum.

By State Secretary Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik

UNFF19: High level segment roundtable

UNFF19's (United Nations Forum on Forests) high level segment roundtable.

By State Secretary Wenche Westberg

Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery's speech during the G20 Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Ministerial Meeting

Dear Minister, your excellencies and distinguished delegates, Congratulations to Brazil on the G20 Presidency this year. And congratulations to you, Minister Gonçalves on the steady leadership in the first year of the Women Empowerment Working Group

By Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery Speech during the G20 Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Ministerial Meeting in Brasilia, Brazil

Defence Minister Gram's speech on the new Defence Pledge

By Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram April 15th 2024, Washington D.C., Arctic Conference Opening Keynote

The Norwegian Statement at the Stockholm +50 Conference

Held by the Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment at the Stockholm + 50 conference. 2nd of May 2022.

By Minister of climate and environment Espen Barth Eide

Keynote by Minister of International Development at the Internet Governance Forum 2025

Keynote by the Minister of International Development at the session “No one left behind: Digital inclusion as a human right in the global digital age”.

By Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust Internet Governance Forum, Lillestrøm, Norway.

Minister Aukrust’s remarks at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust’s remarks at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) held in Seville, Spain.

By Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust

Intervention Norway - General Conference of FAO

State Secretary Hanne-Berit Brekken participated on behalf of Norway at the General Conference of FAO in Rome.

By State Secretary Hanne-Berit Brekken

Global rollback of women's rights puts SDGs at risk

Sexual and reproductive health and rights are key to achieving development goals and their erosion has clear, serious consequences.

By Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust

The Prime Minister's introduction at the press conference after the meeting with the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

'We have to do a lot of work politically to bring nuclear disarmament back on the international agenda. It is depressing that the nuclear powers are withdrawing from treaties and agreements on disarmament, and that threats of using nuclear weapons

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Government House in Oslo

Concluding remarks at Equinor's Autumn Conference 2022

Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, held the concluding remarks at Equinor's Autumn Conference on 29th November 2022 in Oslo, Norway.

By Minister of Energy Terje Aasland

The Prime Minister’s introduction to the press after meeting with NATO’s Secretary General

- He is leaving a NATO that is stronger, more updated, and more ready to face the challenges and secure its members than when he started, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Government House

The Prime Minister's speech at the reception in Beijing to celebrate 70 years of bilateral relations

I appreciate that Norway and China can have ambitions for future cooperation. At the same time, we have a dialogue that can contain more difficult issues where we also may have different opinions. But that is what a partnership is all about, we can

By Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Beijing Library, Tongzhou

Statement when lighting a Christmas tree in London

Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Anniken Huitfeldt's statement when she lighted the Christmas tree in London together with her british colleague James Cleverly.

By Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt London, 5 December