The Prime Minister concluded a high-level visit to Norway this week, marking a significant step forward in Arctic cooperation, energy alignment, and defence coordination between two nations increasingly aware of their shared strategic geography. While the trip may not have carried the spectacle of larger multilateral summits, its outcomes point to a quiet but meaningful recalibration of the country’s role in the North and its evolving partnerships in Europe. At the heart of the visit was a renewed focus on Arctic sovereignty and security. Both nations, NATO allies with extensive northern