Christian Syse (born 30 September 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat. Syse is a son of Else and

Jan P. Syse (25 November 1930 – 17 September 1997) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the 31st Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. Syse was the pr ...

, and a brother of

Henrik Syse Henrik Syse (born 19 April 1966) is a Norwegian philosopher, author, and lecturer. He is a Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), and a part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjørknes College in Oslo. He ...

. He was educated at the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...

and at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He was hired at the Office of the Prime Minister from 1998 to 2003, and then served as secretary for the

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs ( no, Utenrikskomiteen) is a defunct committee of the Norwegian Parliament responsible for matters related to foreign policy, development assistance, international agreements, Svalbard and the Norwegian polar ...

. From 2008 to 2011 he was appointed deputy under-secretary of state (ekspedisjonssjef) in the

Ministry of Foreign affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

, and from 2011 he assumed the position of Assistant Secretary General. In December 2016 he was appointed ambassador to the Norwegian embassy in Stockholm, effective from 2017. Syse is married to

Siv Nordrum Siv Nordrum (7 October 1958 – 24 April 2021) was a Norwegian journalist, communication director and politician. Born in Drøbak, Nordrum worked as journalist from 1977, and was assigned with NRK in the 1980s and 1990s. At NRK she started work ...

, a journalist, communication director and politician. Siv died on 24 April 2021 after a short illness.

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