(29 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kongsberg, Norway – 8 May 2025
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2. Mid walking shot of men walking downstairs to shelter
3. SOUNDBITE (English) (English) Ivar Løkeng, Civil Defense District Commander:
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“First and foremost, they must be able to have food and water for 7 days and have means to their houses or apartments and take care of themselves in one week. So, the rest of the civil defence and the counties can take care of the people really need the help.”
4. Mid walking shot of man opening door within shelter
5. Mid walking shot of men switching on light to walk down tunnel
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kongsberg, Norway – 7 May 2025
6. Mid of sign reading (Norwegian) “Kongsberg Technology Park”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Even Tvedt, Chief Security Officer at the Kongsberg Group:
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“So, what’s changed I would say over the last years is that previously we were very focused on protecting our technology, our products and the information regarding those products. Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sabotage has become one of the threats that is now on the radar – to an extent we haven’t seen probably since the second world war.”
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kongsberg, Norway – 8 May 2025
9. Mid of hands clasped behind back
10. Wide of soldiers standing at attention
11. Wide of marching band walking past camera
STORYLINE:
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II.
More than 80 years later, the municipality could once again be a target for sabotage and is preparing for war.
The local authorities have dusted off Cold War-era bomb shelters, installed a new satellite communications system and are working with the military on plans to help a deployment of Western forces in case of conflict.
Across the Nordic nations, governments are boosting defense spending, reassessing security and pushing the concept of total defense. It’s an approach which mobilizes the whole of society to defend against military and non-military threats.
As Moscow wages war in Ukraine, Western officials are accusing Russia of being behind a campaign of sabotage, arson and cyberattacks and there are jitters across the continent about whether Europe can rely on the U.S. as a partner.
“Sabotage has become one of the threats that is now on the radar to an extent that we haven’t seen probably since the Second World War” said Even Tvedt, Chief Security Officer at the Kongsberg Group, which makes high-precision weapons currently used in Ukraine.
The Norwegian government published its first national security strategy in May, saying the country is facing its most serious security situation since World War Two.
Norway announced in January that it plans to start building bomb shelters in new buildings after halting the practice in 1998.
Norway and some other Nordic nations also tell residents to have enough food and water stored for seven days.
AP spoke to 11 people in Kongsberg and the majority said they had some form of supplies. While most didn’t have a stockpile for seven days – and some had nothing at all – two people said they could probably survive for more than a week.
“Russia is very close to Norway and you don’t know what’s going to happen. I would rather be prepared than not prepared,” said Katina Bakke, who works in a sports shop in Kongsberg.
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