Erik Førner (born 24 September 1963, Bærum) is a Norwegian diplomat. He served as the

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ambassador to the

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from 2014 to 2018 and to Switzerland from 2018 to 2022. He was born in

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and is a cand.oecon. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991. He became subdirector in 2003 and head of department in 2004, before embarking on a counsellor position at the Norwegian embassy in Sweden from 2006 to 2011.

Foreign honours

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PHI Order of Sikatuna 2003 Grand Cross BAR

Grand Cross ''(Datu)'' of the

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(GrCS) (13 June 2018)

References

1963 births Living people Diplomats from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Ambassadors of Norway to the Philippines Ambassadors of Norway to Switzerland {{Norway-diplomat-stub