The world is changing in several areas at the same time, geopolitically, economically and technologically. War and conflict have come closer, defence budgets are increasing and defensive capability is being strengthened.<\/p>\n
In the lecture, Henning-A. Frantzen addresses questions regarding what and who we must defend ourselves against, what the developments mean for Norway and the Armed Forces, and how global changes may affect local communities.<\/p>\n
Henning-A. Frantzen from \u00c5l is a retired major general. He has served in the Armed Forces since 1987 and has extensive experience from various missions and units, including from the UN forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
He holds a Master's degree and a PhD from King\u2019s College London, in addition to education from the Norwegian Staff College and the Executive Course at the Norwegian Defence University College, where he later served as commandant and head. From 2021 to 2025, he led the work on developing the government\u2019s long-term defence plan, which was unanimously adopted by the Storting in 2024. Today, Frantzen is self-employed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Tuesday 13 October at 12:30, Henning-A. Frantzen will give a lecture in Storesalen. He will take a closer look at a changing world, featuring geopolitical unrest, increased defence budgets and a Europe that must take greater responsibility within NATO.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6377,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[144],"class_list":["post-6376","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-foredrag","cat_foredrag"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"