Helge Akre (1 March 1903 – 12 May 1986) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was a son of Herman Skyrud (1859–1913) and Oline Akre (1871–1967), and bore his mother's last name from 1933. He took his secondary education in

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and graduated from the

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with the

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degree in 1933. He worked as a translator and attorney before being hired in the

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in 1936. He served in Brazil, Japan, China, Poland, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in his early career. He was then the consul-general in

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from 1951 to 1958 and

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from 1958 to 1963. From 1963 he served as the Norwegian ambassador to the People's Republic of China. From 1967 he led the Norwegian embassy in

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. He was decorated as a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1956, Knight of the

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and Officier d'Académie of France. He resided in

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1903 births 1986 deaths Norwegian expatriates in France University of Oslo alumni Ambassadors of Norway to China Ambassadors of Norway to Iceland Norwegian expatriates in Brazil Norwegian expatriates in Japan Norwegian expatriates in Poland Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union Norwegian expatriates in Czechoslovakia Norwegian expatriates in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriates in the United States Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-diplomat-stub