Norway reallocated resources from counter-terrorism to counter-intelligence due to war in Ukraine

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, Norway's Police Security Service (PST) reallocated resources from counter-terrorism to counter-intelligence, with people who worked on terrorism being moved to counter-intelligence.

After the invasion of Ukraine in February, the fight against Russian activity in Norway has moved to the top of the PST's agenda according to the newspaper Klassekampen. Earlier this year, the PST and the police received extra funding in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Acting PST chief Roger Berg said: “We have temporarily shifted several skilled analysts to work on counter-intelligence,” confirming that people and resources had been moved.

He said: “We have moved some people over to work on counter-intelligence, that is correct.

“We work on several things at the same time. Counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, many things. But, like everyone else, we must, of course, make priorities,”

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