Bjørn Kristvik (born 19 March 1928) is a Norwegian diplomat. Kristvik was born in Nesset, and was a mag.art. by education. He started working for 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 ...

in 1955. He served as the secretary for the parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign and Constitutional Affairs from 1966 to 1970, and was afterwards posted as a counsellor at the Norwegian delegation to

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He served as the Norwegian ambassador to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

from 1974 to 1979, to

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

from 1979 to 1984, to NATO from 1989 to 1992 and to

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

from 1992 to 1996.

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1928 births Living people People from Nesset Norwegian civil servants Ambassadors of Norway to Indonesia Ambassadors of Norway to Egypt Permanent Representatives of Norway to NATO Ambassadors of Norway to Canada Norwegian expatriates in Belgium {{Norway-diplomat-stub