Norwegian Intelligence Service

Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS)

Type	Government agency
Industry	Intelligence agency
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway
Parent	Norwegian Ministry of Defence
Website	www.mil.no/etjenesten

Etterretningstjenesten (E-tjenesten) or the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) is a Norwegian military intelligence agency under the Chief of Defence and the Ministry of Defence.

The service has operated, or still operates, the following stations, all of them located north of the Arctic Circle:

• Andøya (Nordland county): former SOSUS station, suspected ACINT station
• Fauske (Nordland county): suspected FISINT (TELINT) and ELINT station
• Kirkenes (Finnmark county): suspected ELINT and NUCINT station
• Vardø (Finnmark county): the Globus II radar (HAVE STARE), suspected ELINT station
• Vadsø (Finnmark county): SIGINT (COMINT) station

Kirkenes, Vardø, and Vadsø are close to the Russian border near Severomorsk in the Murmansk district on the Kola Peninsula, the home of the former Soviet Northern Fleet and now its Russian equivalent.

In 1995, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Intelligence Service had operated a stay-behind service in cooperation with the CIA and MI6 since the end of World War II.

Marjata

The Norwegian intelligence ship, Marjata is a purpose built ELINT ship. Several Marjata's have been used over the years. During the Cold War it was always stationed near the Soviet border and the current Marjata is still operating out of the ports of Finnmark in the Northern part of Norway. The Marjata has always been looked upon as an annoyance by the Soviet Union / Russia and some years ago, Norwegian authorities received criticism because of the ship overlooking the process of lifting the sunken Russian submarine Kursk. The Marjata was also involved in surveillance of what happened during that day of the tragic incident of that submarine. In general, Russia thinks that the ship operates too close to Russia's territorial waters. The Marjata has been called many things, an intelligence ship, an ELINT ship, a research ship and a spy ship. The ship is operated by the Norwegian Intelligence Service and is considered to be one of the most advanced spy ships in the world.

Norwegian links [1] [2]

E 14

Main article: E 14 (Norway)

E 14 (Norway) (Seksjon for spesiell innhenting) is/was a highly classified section within the Intelligence Service, focusing on covert missions abroad. For a period, the section was led by Ola Kaldager. Agents include the late Trond André Bolle.^[1]

See also

• Military of Norway

References

1. ^ Han vart sjefen for Norges E14-spioner - http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10021746

External links

• Norwegian Intelligence Service official homepage