The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence is reviewing a private member's bill from MPs Guri Melby, Abid Raja, and Grunde Almeland calling for stronger Norwegian support to Ukraine. The bill requests the government increase aid to 170 billion kroner, permit military support through the Nansen Programme to Ukrainian volunteer organisations, strengthen sanctions enforcement, and end Norwegian exemptions from EU sanctions on Russia. The committee has issued its own recommendation on direct civilian support to Ukrainian organisations, along with several minority proposals from different party coalitions with varying levels of ambition.
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Committee Recommendation I (majority from Labour Party, Conservative Party, Socialist Left Party, Red Party, Green Party, and Christian Democratic Party): The Storting calls on the government to consider whether a larger share of the Nansen Programme's civilian component can be directed directly to Ukrainian organisations.
Committee Recommendation II (full committee): Document 8:9 S (2025–2026) – Private member's bill from MPs Guri Melby, Abid Raja, and Grunde Almeland on strengthened Norwegian support to Ukraine for freedom, rule of law, and European security – is attached to the record.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to propose increasing Norway's support to Ukraine to 170 billion kroner.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to permit the Nansen Programme's military support to be provided to Ukrainian volunteer organisations, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to propose increasing funding for the Danish procurement programme for Ukrainian defence suppliers.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to expand the scope of Norway's export financing scheme and use it actively to support major strategic partnerships and local establishment, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to strengthen investigations into Russian sanctions evasion.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to end all Norwegian exemptions from EU sanctions on Russia.
From the private member's bill: The Storting calls on the government to transfer frozen Russian assets in Norway to Ukraine, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
Minority proposal from Christian Democratic Party and Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to return to the Storting within a short timeframe with proposals to strengthen the Nansen Programme for 2026.
Minority proposal from Christian Democratic Party: The Storting calls on the government to present a new parliamentary report on the Nansen Programme for Ukraine by the end of the Storting's spring session in 2026.
Minority proposal from Christian Democratic Party: The Storting calls on the government to establish a limited grant scheme for transport support to volunteer organisations that donate materials to Ukraine.
Minority proposal from Conservative Party, Green Party, Christian Democratic Party, and Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to consider serving as a co-guarantor for a European loan to Ukraine, and if necessary, return to the Storting with a proposal to make this possible.
Minority proposal from Conservative Party, Christian Democratic Party, and Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to increase the guarantee ceiling and risk tolerance in the export finance scheme's Ukraine programme, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
Minority proposal from Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to present a proposal to the Storting to double Norway's support to Ukraine as an increase in the Nansen Programme's budget.
Minority proposal from Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to coordinate the transfer of frozen Russian assets in Norway to Ukraine with the EU, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
Minority proposal from Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to take the initiative to increase funding for the Danish procurement programme for Ukrainian defence suppliers, and if necessary, return to the Storting with proposals to make this possible.
Minority proposal from Socialist Left Party, Red Party, Green Party, Christian Democratic Party, and Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to strengthen investigations into Russian sanctions evasion.
Minority proposal from Green Party and Liberal Party: The Storting calls on the government to end all Norwegian exemptions from EU sanctions on Russia.