OSLO, Norway ? The Soviet KGB contacted Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in the early 1990s when he was an up-and-coming politician and referred to him by a secret name, Norway?s secret police said Tuesday.
Stoltenberg, now 41, said he met a diplomat from the Soviet Embassy as part of routine contacts with embassies in Oslo. Moscow gave Stoltenberg the code name "Steklov."
Assistant secret police chief Stein Vale told NRK public radio that Stoltenberg broke off contact with the diplomat after being warned that he was working for the KGB. "Stoltenberg never did anything irregular," Vale said.
Stoltenberg was a member of a defense commission in Norway in the early 1990s.
Stoltenberg, now 41, said he met a diplomat from the Soviet Embassy as part of routine contacts with embassies in Oslo. Moscow gave Stoltenberg the code name "Steklov."
Assistant secret police chief Stein Vale told NRK public radio that Stoltenberg broke off contact with the diplomat after being warned that he was working for the KGB. "Stoltenberg never did anything irregular," Vale said.
Stoltenberg was a member of a defense commission in Norway in the early 1990s.