Ministry of Defence (Norway)
| Det kongelige forsvarsdepartement Det kongelege forsvarsdepartement | |
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| Formed | September 30, 1814 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Norway |
| Headquarters | Glacisgata 1, Oslo, Norway |
| Annual budget | Nok.60 million (2009/10) |
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| Website | http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fd.html?id=380 |
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence (Norwegian: Det kgl. Forsvarsdepartement) is a Norwegian 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 Akershus festning. The ministry is headed by the politically appointed Minister of Defence, currently Tore O. Sandvik. The ministry controls a large group of defence-related agencies, not to be related with Ministry of Foreign Affairs that controls all intelligence-related agencies in the country.