Norway and NATO Permanent Delegation of Norway to NATO

About the mission

Welcome the website of Norway's Permanent Delegation to NATO. This site provides information on Norway’s role in NATO and background information on NATO's activities from a Norwegian perspective. You can also find useful information on Norway's foreign and security policy.

The Norwegian Delegation to NATO is an integrated mission with civil servants from both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. We work closely with the Norwegian Military Mission to NATO to promote Norwegian views in the North Atlantic Council, the Militay Committee and across the spectrum of NATO committees.

We welcome your interest in our work and hope that you find this website useful.

Mission employees

Anita Nergaard

Ambassador

Ms. Nergaard holds the position of Norway's permanent representative in NATO since September 2022. Her recent assignment was senior advisor on China at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo.

She served as Norway’s Ambassador to Singapore from 2017 - 2021, and as Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO from 2012 - 2017.

Previously, Ambassador Nergaard held several positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She served as Director of Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Regional Organisations from 2010, where her responsibilities also included regional cooperation in the High North and Arctic, as well as the OSCE and Council of Europe. She served as Director of Security Policy, Crisis Management, Global Security Affairs and the US and Canada from 2005, including peace support and stabilisation operations through the UN, NATO, the EU and the OSCE, security sector reform, counterterrorism, and counter violent extremism, as well as arms control and non-proliferation. She served at Norway’s Embassy in Ankara from 1997 and at Norway’s delegation to NATO from 2000.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ms. Nergaard was in the Central Bank of Norway, where she worked with financial stability and asset management. She holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration and a PhD in Economics from NHH - Norwegian School of Economics.

Ms. Nergaard has assisted various Government Commissions, including on financial stability, financial market regulations, and currently advises a Government Commission on geopolitics and the sovereign wealth fund.

Ms. Nergaard is married and has three children.

2024 Holidays

The delegation will observe the following Holidays in 2024:

29 mars	Good Friday
1 april	Easter Monday
1 mai	Labour Day
9 mai	Ascension Day
20 mai	Whit Monday
22 juli*	Belgian National Day
15 august	Assumption Day
1 november	All Saints Day
23 desember	NATO Closed until January 2nd

Informasjon til norske besøkende

Jobbrelaterte besøk

For jobbrelaterte besøk til NATO-hovedkvarteret kreves eget adgangspass. Søknad om dette må inneholde følgende:

Fornavn*
Etternavn*
Fødselsdato
Nasjonalitet
Fødeland
Arbeidssted
Besøkets hensikt
Dato for besøket
CSC (Certificate of Security Clearence) som inkluderer utløpsdato for klareringen

*Som i passet.

Søknaden sendes natopass@mfa.no så tidlig som mulig, og senest en uke før besøket.

Andre besøk

Studentgrupper, skoleklasser, lag og foreninger er velkommen til å besøke NATO-hovedkvarteret. Besøk må bookes på forhånd. Henvendelser om dette rettes direkte til NATO Public Diplomacy Division (PDD) på epost-adressen: mailbox.publicdiplomacyinformation@hq.nato.int. Merk at PDD av kapasitetshensyn ikke alltid kan imøtekomme ønsker om besøk.