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This is huge, Norway decided to more than double what they had previously decided.
By comparison this aid is 8 times more per capita, than what USA contributed in combined military and civilian aid to Ukraine in 2024. !!
In case you don't follow Norwegian politics very closely: There are several parties that are pushing for us to give 10-100 times this (new) amount. We probably (unfortunately) won't see that happen within the next couple weeks, but there seems to be political consensus that more is coming, but that the details need to be ironed out.
I mentioned in another comment that Norway could literally match US donations so far in the war dollar for dollar if the decision is made to really start tapping in to the wealth fund. I'll be voting for a party that pushes for that.
I've seen some crazy numbers from Norway, I think it was the Green party, where they wanted to give almost $80 billion USD in 2025, which will more than compensate for USA if they don't give a single cent this year.
And yes, the amazing thing is that Norway can actually afford it, if they take it from the huge Wealth fund they have. π
It's crazy such a small country has that much money.