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Forsvarskonferansen 2026

The Nordic Defence and Security Cluster (NORDSEC) hosts the Defence Conference, gathering 700 participants and 70 exhibitors from across the Nordic region, including defense staff, government, academia, and industry. The program focuses on security, preparedness, and the evolving Nordic defense market as all Nordic countries enter a new phase.

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27Speakers
0Sponsors
14On the bill · sessions
17Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Forsvarskonferansen, in alphabetical order.
Christine Spiten
Senior Growth Manager · Danske Bank Growth
Danske Bank
Danske Bank
Eirik Melle
Senior Analyst, Corporate Advisory · Danske Bank
Frode Ommundsen
Head of Norwegian Home Guard · Norwegian Armed Forces
Gjermund Eide
Senior Adviser · Kruse Larsen
Jan Erik Larsen
Managing Director and Conference Moderator · Kruse Larsen
Katarzyna Zysk
Professor · Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS)
Kenneth Ruud
Director General · FFI
Lars Alstrup
Nordic Head of Mid-Corp Commercial Banking · Danske Bank
Lars Bo Larsen
Executive Director · National Defence Technology Center of Denmark
LO/NHO
LO/NHO
Maja Solum
Executive Operations Manager · Ubiq Aerospace
Mykyta Rozhkov
Chief Business Development Officer · Frontline Robotics
Nicolas Frouvelle
Director of Marketing and communication for Space Activities · Sopra Steria - CS Group
Odd Harald Hagen
Vice President for Defense and Security · Sopra Steria
Peter Frølich
Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence · Norwegian Parliament
Representative from Ukrainean manufacturer
Representative from Ukrainean manufacturer, TBA
Representative from Ukrainian authorities
Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria
Stig Alstedt
Co-lead, Secure Cloud programme · Sopra Steria
Teppo Havo
General Manager - Danske Bank Growth · Danske Bank Growth
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Agenda

Selected from 14 sessions on the bill.
  • September 22, 09:20–09:35

    Opening/Introduction

  • September 22, 09:35-09:55

    A security policy briefing

  • September 22, 09:35–09:55

    A security policy briefing

  • September 22, 09:55–11:00

    Security and defence policy perspective

  • September 22, 11:00–12:00

    NATO and the Nordics, a military perspective

  • September 22, 14:00-15:00

    Nordic military perspective

  • September 22, 15:00-16:00

    Academic and research perspective

  • September 22, 16:45–18:00

    Side events: Capital across the value chain - financing the Nordic defence scale-up

    Side events
  • September 22, 16:45–18:00

    Side events: From trust to resilience – the role of business and working life in total defence

    Side events
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 17 companies, parsed from the program.

Seventeen companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
17Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

30% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite14%
  • VP-level14%
  • Director / Head of622%
  • Manager / Lead519%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Other roles1348%

Of 27 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Danske Bank3V
  2. 02Sopra Steria3V
  3. 03Danske Bank Growth2V
  4. 04Kruse Larsen2V
  5. 05FFI1V
  6. 06Frontline Robotics1V
  7. 07Government of Norway1V
  8. 08LO/NHO1V
  9. 09National Defence Technology Center of Denmark1V
  10. 10NORDSEC Cluster1V
  11. 11Norwegian Armed Forces1V
  12. 12Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies - IFS1V
  13. 13Norwegian Parliament1V
  14. 14NTNU1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.