National intelligence agency of Norway
TheNorwegian Intelligence Service (NIS )[ 2] orEtterretningstjenesten (E-tjenesten ) is aNorwegian militaryintelligence agency under theChief of Defence and theMinistry of Defence .
Olav Njølstad says that the "stay-behind cooperation with the US and Great Britain represented a milestone in the Norwegian intelligence services' history".[ 3] Furthermore, through the stay-behind arrangement, the CIA finally conquered their mistrust of the Norwegian intelligence services. An important turning point" was the October–November 1949 secret visit to Norway byFrank Wisner andRichard Helms .[ 3] The purpose of the visit was to discuss stay-behind with those with the top responsibility on the Norway's side.[ 3] In 1995, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that the intelligence service had operated astay-behind service in cooperation with theCIA andMI6 since the end ofWorld War II .
The two ravens on the coat of arms representHuginn and Muninn ("Thought" and "Mind", the two ravens that bring information to theNorse godOdin . 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.
On 12 August 2013 the first ever unannounced inspection by Parliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee, was performed at the NIS headquarter atLutvann 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, theParliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee (the EOS Committee) made an unannounced inspection of the Intelligence Service's facilities atHavnelageret in Oslo.[ 6] On 29 August 2013Dagbladet 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.
The service has operated, or still operates, the following stations, all of them located north of theArctic Circle :
Kirkenes, Vardø, and Vadsø are close to theRussian border nearSeveromorsk in theMurmansk district on theKola Peninsula , the home of the formerSoviet Northern Fleet and now its Russian equivalent.
The agency uses twoELINT ships:FS Marjata andFS Eger .
TheNorwegian Military Geographic Service ,Forsvarets militærgeografiske tjeneste is a subordinate unit to the head of the NIS.
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 byOla Kaldager . Agents include the lateTrond André Bolle .[ 10]
^ "Etterretningstjenesten styrkes igjen – budsjetter mer enn tredoblet de siste 15 årene" . 9 October 2020.^ Etterretningstjenesten Archived 2014-01-08 at theWayback Machine EOS-utvalget. Retrieved 30 August 2013^a b c Njølstad p.395 ^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 . ^ Sætre, Jonas (29 August 2013)."EOS-utvalget slo til mot Lutvann" .NRK . ^a b Stormark, Kjetil (29 August 2013)."Kilder om E-tjenesten: - Bak denne døra har de skjult hemmelig arkiv med 400 samfunnstopper" .Dagbladet.no . ^ Ruud, Torgeir P. Krokfjord Hans-Martin Thømt (29 August 2013)."- Må undersøke om e-tjenesten bryter loven" .Dagbladet.no . ^ Ny inspeksjon hos E-tjenesten "... EOS-utvalget tilbake i lokalene for å følge opp ..."^ Moltke, Henrik (2018-03-01)."Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying" .The Intercept . Retrieved2023-09-20 . ^ Han vart sjefen for Norges E14-spioner -https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10021746 ^ "NY etterretningssjef tiltrer tysdag" . 3 November 2020.^ "E-tjenesten: - Nordmenn har fått terroropplæring" .Dagbladet.no . 1 July 2012.^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973)."Berg, Johan" .Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 46. Retrieved7 September 2016 . ^ Riste, Olav ;Moland, Arnfinn (1997)."Strengt hemmelig» Norsk etterretningsteneste 1945–1970 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 341.ISBN 82-00-12769-9 .^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007)."Vilhelm Evang" .Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved13 September 2009 .
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