Anita Nergaard (born December 16, 1967) is a
Norwegian diplomat.
She served as the Norwegian ambassador to
Singapore
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from 2017 to 2021.
Life
Anita Nergaard is a member of Norway's
Sámi community and grew up in
Karasjok Municipality
( se, Kárášjohka ; fkv, Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka.
Th ...
. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the
Norwegian School of Economics in
Bergen
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in 1990. There she also received a master's degree in economics and her doctorate in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 she worked for the central bank of Norway,
Norges Bank.
Diplomatic career
Nergaard has been in the diplomatic service since 1995.
She had her first foreign assignment from 1997 to 2000 as second secretary at the Norwegian embassy in
Ankara
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, and then as first secretary at the Norwegian NATO delegation in
Brussels
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. In 2005 she became a department head at the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian (Bokmål): ''Det kongelige utenriksdepartement''; Norwegian (Nynorsk): ''Det kongelege utanriksdepartement'') is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on June ...
,
first in the department for security policy, then in the departments for global security issues and crisis management, and the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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, and from 2010 to 2012 in the department for Russia, Eurasia, and regional cooperation. From 2012 to 2017 she was the deputy representative to Norway's permanent mission to NATO in Brussels.
From 2017 to 2021, Nergaard was the Norwegian ambassador to Singapore, succeeding
Tormod Cappelen Endresen. She was accredited there by President
Halimah Yacob on October 25, 2017.
Orders and awards
* August 20, 2018: Knight 1st Class of the
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
References
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1967 births
Ambassadors of Norway to Singapore
Living people