The Leangkollen Conference

The Leangkollen Conference is the Atlantic Committee's annual two-day conference, held in january/february.

Every Year we invite our network for speeches on current defence-, foreign-, and security policy issues. The conference is opened at the Nobel Institute, while the rest of it is held at Leangkollen Conference Centre in Asker.

This annual event has been arranged since 1965.

Because of vast interest and limited space the conference is closed. Only those who are invited can register for the conference. Interested can contact Marit A. Glad in the Norwegian Atlantic Committee.

The speakers these past years include minister of defence Anne Grethe Støm Erichsen, former president of the Norwegian Parliament Jørgen Kosmo, former minister of foreign affairs Jan Petersen, former minister of defence Kristin Krohn Devold.

Of foreign speakers we can mention Professor Gilles Kepel (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris), Sir Peter Ricketts (British NATO-ambassador), and Chris Donnelly (UK Defence College).