Ernest Krogh-Hansen (8 September 1896 – 1975) was a Norwegian civil servant, diplomat and ambassador.
He was born in
Tønsberg
Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...
to ship owner Hans Krogh-Hansen and Magdalene Ambjørnsen. He graduated with a candidate of law (
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
...
) degree in 1926. During the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
he was stationed in
Valencia
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(1937) and as
chargé d'affaires ad interim
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Chargé is a small town near Amboise. The Rock 'in Chargé festival has revitalized the village sinc2006
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Chargéens''.
See al ...
in
Barcelona
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(1938). During
World War II
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he was stationed in
Moscow
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from 1943. He served as
Norwegian ambassador in Beijing from 1955, and was involved in the
Indo-Norwegian Project
Indo-Norwegian Project was Norway's first foreign aid development project.
The project was first established in Neendakara, near Quilon, Kerala in 1953, and the aim was modernisation of fisheries of Kerala, but also including health, sanitat ...
in Kerala from 1959. He was ambassador to
Mexico
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from 1961 to 1966. He was decorated Commander of the
Order of St. Olav in 1956.
References
1896 births
1975 deaths
People from Tønsberg
Norwegian civil servants
Norwegian expatriates in Spain
Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union
Ambassadors of Norway to China
Ambassadors of Norway to Mexico
Recipients of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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