Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
UK Defence Journal | 1 Mar 2025 | George AllisonNorwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
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But the celebration didn’t last long. After immediate backlash and embarrassment, Haltbakk Bunkers quietly deleted their statement. The Norwegian government had no choice but to intervene. Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik issued an official statement reaffirming that the Norwegian government does not support Haltbakk Bunkers’ reckless decision and that the U.S. military will continue to receive all necessary support in Norway.

… will boycott Danish bakeries…(They’re all the same, right?)
… will taunt them a second time…
…placed huge tariffs on Norwegian Blues
A shame – such beautiful plumage…
… will immediately deport Emil Lilleberg and Mats Zuccarello…
I heard John Lennon once had some Norwegian wood.
This was a case of Norwegian Wouldn’t.
She must have been one of the very first Norwegian Karens.
I’m just imagining some hollywood henchman groveling to the mob-boss about how it’ll never happen again, blah, blah, blah, but in Norwegian. It’s sounds hilarious.
100% tariff on Lutefisk.
I thought that lutefisk had been banned under the Geneva Accords against biological weapons…
All the McDonalds over there call it the Filet-O-Lutefisk.
We’ll have to fjord a new path.