Johan Georg Alexius Ræder (23 April 1905 – 23 May 1981) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in

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as a son of

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Nicolay Caspary Ræder (1870–1921) and Johanne Elisabeth Nicolaysen (1875–1940). In 1940 he married Gudrun Dorothea Martius. He was the father of diplomat Peter Nicolay Ræder, and great-great-grandson of

Johan Christopher Ræder Johan Christopher Ræder (21 March 1859 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian military officer. He was born in Nes, Buskerud as a son of Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder and Hanna Scheel. He was a brother of Anton Henrik Ræder, a grandson of Johan ...

. He enrolled as a student in 1923, and graduated with the

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degree in 1927. After being a deputy judge from 1927 to 1928 he was hired in the

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. He served as an attaché in Paris from 1929 to 1931, as a secretary at the general consulate in

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in 1932. He worked in Norway from 1933 to 1940 and again in London from 1940 to 1945, during the war. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1945 to 1948 and 1951 to 1953, and the permanent under-secretary of state (the highest-ranking civil position) from 1958 to 1965. He served as the Norwegian ambassador to

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(and

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) from 1948 to 1951, to

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from 1953 to 1957 and to

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(and

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and

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) from 1965 to 1973.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raeder, Johan Georg A 1905 births 1981 deaths Diplomats from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Norway to Belgium Ambassadors of Norway to Luxembourg Ambassadors of Norway to Spain Ambassadors of Norway to Italy Ambassadors of Norway to Greece Ambassadors of Norway to Malta