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Ocelot II

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8. The Norwegian government has nothing to do with the award.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 12:05 PM

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Its parliament appoints the members of the committee, some of whom are former MPs, but otherwise there's no connection. Not that this stopped Trump from calling up Norway's Finance Minister, Jens Stoltenberg (the former head of NATO and former Prime Minister) to pressure him about it.

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