Norway’s Security Service warns Russian intelligence could carry out sabotage in the coming year

We see that the threat of sabotage has become more serious, says Inger Haugland.

This trend has been developing for several years but has worsened this year, according to Haugland. As a result, the threat of sabotage in Norway has become more severe.

We believe there are good reasons to expect Russian intelligence to carry out sabotage in the coming year, says Haugland.

The Security Service has not uncovered any attempts to sabotage Norwegian targets, but is aware that actors with links to Russian intelligence have mapped infrastructure and targets in Norway.

Haugland does not want to specify which targets are involved, but says the defense industry and defense-related activities are the most likely targets in Norway.