Évènements passés

The first French-Norwegian Defence Industries Forum marks a major milestone since the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce launched the France-Norway Defence Industries Committee last year, with one clear ambition: to create more opportunities for concrete industrial cooperation between our two countries.

Organised with Innovation Norway, Bpifrance, the French Embassy in Norway and the Norwegian Embassy in France, the forum brought together institutions, large groups, SMEs and start-ups around the key priorities of French-Norwegian defence cooperation, from resilient supply chains to High North surveillance and subsea and naval defence. A signing ceremony between the Ambassadors of Norway and France also marked the day.

Interest was so strong that registrations had to be closed early for this first edition.

The event was made possible by the support of its sponsors: Thales, Kongsberg, MBDA, Look Up, Deloitte and Sopra Steria.

On Wednesday, 28 October, we had the pleasure of organising Tastin’France in Oslo in the beautiful setting of the French Residence in Norway.

For this 2026 edition, we welcomed a delegation of 15 French wine producers representing several French wine regions, and connected them with Norwegian wine professionals, including importers, representatives from the restaurant sector and specialised journalists.

A wonderful day of tastings, conversations and new connections, highlighting once again the strong ties between France and Norway. 🇫🇷🤝🇳🇴

What our participants say

“It was really great meeting various profiles of buyers and seeing who could be the best to promote who we are! Such a good experience also to have a complete market presentation and a wine shop visit, that’s really useful for understanding well what buyers expect.”
Château Lamartine

“Tastin’France in Oslo was an excellent event, held in the beautiful setting of the French Residence. Everything was perfectly organised, with outstanding service throughout. A special thank you to the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce team for their professionalism, warm welcome and kindness. A real pleasure to attend!”
Bourgogne de Vigne en Verre

More than 100 industrial and public decision-makers gathered in Paris on March 23rd, in the presence of Cecilie T. Myrseth, Norway’s Minister of Trade and Industry, to address key topics shaping Europe’s green industrial future.

From energy sovereignty to circularity, waste management, and maritime decarbonisation, the discussions highlighted the opportunities for extended French-Norwegian cooperation. A high-level roundtable moderated by Claudine Smith, President of the CCFN, also enabled rich exchanges between industry leaders and representatives from both Ministries of Industry. 

The day ended by a high-level networking cocktail at the Norwegian embassy in presence of our two ministers and ambassadors.
A big thank you to all sponsors, partners, and participants who made this event a great success!

Event in collaboration with Innovasjon Norge, Bpifrance, Ambassade de France en Norvège, Ambassade de Norvège en France and Business France.
With support of : TOMRA, BNP Paribas, Cambi, HEXANA, Viridien, Eramet, DNV, Norner AS & thorkraft
 

From 9 to 12 March, we accompanied a delegation of French companies to Oslo, Brevik, Bergen and Øygarden to explore Norway’s CCS value chain up close from capture to transport and offshore storage.

A concrete demonstration that these solutions are already operational, at scale, and essential to decarbonising industry.

A warm thank‑you to Innovasjon Norge, the Ambassade de Norvège en France, all participating companies, and all the organisations that welcomed us throughout the journey.

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A powerful and memorable event, designed to accelerate French-Norwegian cooperation in defense and security.

A huge thank you to Sopra Steria for welcoming us in their offices, and to all the partners, speakers and pitchers from the French delegation.

Thank you also to everyone who attended and made this first edition a true success.

📅 What's next? If you'd like to get involved, join our Defense & Security Committee.

We gathered our 3rd Defense & Industries Committee at Deloitte's premises. 

The discussions brought together high-level speakers around the key issues of Franco-Norwegian defence and industry cooperation, covering:

• Norway's defence procurement priorities and ambitions, and cooperation opportunities at the European level
• The strategic outlook on Franco-Norwegian defence cooperation
• Concrete ways to strengthen our bilateral cooperation
• Supply chain challenges facing the Norwegian defence sector

This committee demonstrated that France and Norway are fully aligned on the challenges ahead in defence and industry.