Øyvind Nordsletten (born 1 June 1944) is a Norwegian diplomat.
He was born in
Time
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. He started working for the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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in 1974. He was the Norwegian ambassador to
Ukraine
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from 1992 to 1996, deputy under-secretary of state in the
Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister from 1998 to 1999, Norwegian ambassador to
Russia
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from 2000 to 2008 and to
Ireland
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from 2008 to 2011. In 2011 he was assigned the position as the Norwegian Consul General in Murmansk, Russia.
In 2000 he was decorated as a Commander of the
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
References
1944 births
Living people
People from Time, Norway
Norwegian civil servants
Ambassadors of Norway to Ukraine
Ambassadors of Norway to Russia
Ambassadors of Norway to Ireland
Norwegian expatriates in Ireland
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