Norwegian Intelligence Service

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Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS)
Etterretningstjenesten
Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensønes
Parent Intelligence agencyMinistry of Defence
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS)

Ministry of Defence
.

History

CIA and MI6 since the end of World War II
.

The two ravens on the coat of arms represent Huginn and Muninn ("Thought" and "Mind", the two ravens that bring information to the Norse god Odin. The red flower is thought to be either an Olaf's Rose or a sub rosa reference, perhaps both. The Olaf rose is a national symbol of Norway and sub rosa is a Latin term referring to confidentiality and secrecy.

2013 inspections

On 12 August 2013 the first ever unannounced inspection by Parliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee, was performed at the NIS headquarter at Lutvann in Oslo.[4] This inspection came to be as a result of "a complaint from one or more persons"[4] "who felt they were under surveillance".[5]

On 27 August 2013, the Parliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee (the EOS Committee) made an unannounced inspection of the Intelligence Service's facilities at Havnelageret in Oslo.[6] On 29 August 2013 Dagbladet said that according to their sources the Intelligence Service had stored personal information about more than 400 Norwegians—including diplomats and bureaucrats[7]—who either were sources for the intelligence service or people the service wanted to recruit as future sources.[4][6]

The inspection at Havnelageret was followed up[8] by an announced inspection on 4 September 2013.

Organization

The service has operated, or still operates, the following stations, all of them located north of the Arctic Circle:

Kirkenes, Vardø, and Vadsø are close to the

Soviet Northern Fleet
and now its Russian equivalent.

The agency uses two

ELINT ships: FS Marjata and FS Eger
.

The Norwegian Military Geographic Service, Forsvarets militærgeografiske tjeneste is a subordinate unit to the head of the NIS.

E 14

Main article: E 14 (Norway)

E 14 (Norway) (Seksjon for spesiell innhenting) is/was a highly classified section within the Intelligence Service, focusing on covert missions abroad. For a period, the section was led by Ola Kaldager. Agents include the late Trond André Bolle.[10]

Leaders

See also

  • F/S Marjata
  • Military of Norway

References

  1. ^ "Etterretningstjenesten styrkes igjen – budsjetter mer enn tredoblet de siste 15 årene". 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ Etterretningstjenesten Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine EOS-utvalget. Retrieved 30 August 2013
  3. ^ a b c Njølstad p.395
  4. ^ a b c Krokfjord, Harald S. Klungtveit Arve Bartnes Torgeir P. (29 August 2013). "Hysj-granskerne slo til to ganger på tre uker". Dagbladet.no.
  5. ^ Sætre, Jonas (29 August 2013). "EOS-utvalget slo til mot Lutvann". NRK.
  6. ^ a b Stormark, Kjetil (29 August 2013). "Kilder om E-tjenesten: - Bak denne døra har de skjult hemmelig arkiv med 400 samfunnstopper". Dagbladet.no.
  7. ^ Ruud, Torgeir P. Krokfjord Hans-Martin Thømt (29 August 2013). "- Må undersøke om e-tjenesten bryter loven". Dagbladet.no.
  8. ^ Ny inspeksjon hos E-tjenesten "... EOS-utvalget tilbake i lokalene for å følge opp ..."
  9. ^ Moltke, Henrik (2018-03-01). "Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying". The Intercept. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  10. ^ Han vart sjefen for Norges E14-spioner - http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10021746
  11. ^ "NY etterretningssjef tiltrer tysdag". 3 November 2020.
  12. ^ "E-tjenesten: - Nordmenn har fått terroropplæring". Dagbladet.no. 1 July 2012.
  13. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Berg, Johan". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 46. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  14. ISBN 82-00-12769-9
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  15. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 September 2009.

External links
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