Acting Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and The Nordic Ministers of Defence sign Letter of Intent on Nordic-US joint exercise ‘Arctic Challenge’ (ACE).

With the Danish chairmanship drawing to a close it is possible to look back and reflect upon the year.

An autumn meeting between the NORDEFCO Military Coordination Committee and Partners from the Baltic States concluded an eventful year 2020 of strengthened Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation.

The Logistics Forum (LOG Forum) was established in 2018 to uncover new areas of cooperation between the Nordic nations on logistical issues.

The Military Coordination Committee (MCC), in collaboration with the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, has conducted a Maritime Hybrid Warfare Webinar, bringing awareness to the risks and dangers which this type of warfare represents.

The defence ministers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and the minister for foreign affairs of Iceland met to discuss  the situation in the Arctic, the Nordic defence coorporation and to sign agreements concerning security of supply and  export control.

The Military Coordination Committee (MCC) met with Brigadier General Jessica Meyeraan from the United States European Command in what was the first meeting between NORDEFCO and the United States at the military level.

The Nordic Chiefs of Defence, joined by their respective National Armaments Directors, agreed at a virtual meeting to continue the work on capability development in the areas agreed to at the Chief of Defence meeting in February.