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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence ( no, Det kgl. Forsvarsdepartement) is a
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government ministry in charge of the formation and implementation of national security and defence policy, and for the overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies. The ministry is located at Glacisgata 1, Oslo, inside
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. The ministry is headed by the politically appointed
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, currently
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. The ministry controls a large group of defence-related agencies, not to be related with
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that controls all intelligence-related agencies in the country.


Core tasks

* Strategic analysis, research and development (R&D) * The development of long-term policy including future strategic concepts and doctrines * Perspective and structural planning * Planning, budgeting and implementation in the medium and short term * Overall management of agencies' activities during the budget year * Operational policy, planning and management at a strategic level * Exercise policy, planning and management at a strategic level * Emergency planning, policy and management at a strategic level * Crisis management * Development and implementation of security policy, both nationally and internationally * Development of defence cooperation with allied- and partner countries * Strategic personnel management * Information, communication and press relations * Strategic leadership and management in the field of ICT * Organisational development * Preventive security at a strategic level * Legal questions * Controller / Internal audit * Internal administration


Departments

* Executive Secretariat On behalf of the Secretary General, the secretariat prepares, quality-assures, coordinates and priorities all issues that are submitted to the Minister. Accordingly, the secretariat maintains overall responsibility for the Minister's activities. * The Ministry of Defence Communications Unit The unit provides support both to the Minister and senior staff, both political and administrative, and to the
Chief of Defence The chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acronym CHOD is in common use within NATO and the European Union as a generic term for the highest national military position withi ...
. The spokesman function is performed by separate spokesmen for the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Defence. * Internal Auditor Unit The Internal Auditor will contribute to the overall achievement of defence objectives by providing support to the Ministry's senior management in controlling and managing subordinate departments and agencies. * The Department of Personnel and General Services The Department of Personnel and General Services spans over a range of different professional areas, some administrative and some more related to aspects of development. Some of the department's tasks are purely internal while others, for example personnel policy and common legal services, entail responsibilities across the sector as a whole. * The Department of Security Policy The Department of Security Policy is responsible for the handling of questions of security policy as well as for the Ministry's international activities and external relations in the field of security policy. * The Department of Management and Financial Governance The Department of Management and Financial Governance has the overall responsibility for the planning and development of activities, the organisation and the structure of the Armed Forces within the particular long-term planning period. The department also exercises overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies. * The Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning The Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning is responsible for strategic analysis, the development of long-term defence policy and overall planning for the defence sector.


See also

* List of Norwegian Ministers of Defence *
Norwegian Armed Forces The Norwegian Armed Forces ( no, Forsvaret, , The Defence) is the military organization responsible for the defence of Norway. It consists of five branches, the Norwegian Army, the Royal Norwegian Navy, which includes the Coast Guard, the Royal ...


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