Jostein Helge Bernhardsen (born 18 June 1945) is a Norwegian diplomat.
He started working for the
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian (Bokmål): ''Det kongelige utenriksdepartement''; Norwegian (Nynorsk): ''Det kongelege utanriksdepartement'') is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on June ...
in 1973 and was head of department in the ministry from 1995 to 2001. He was the Norwegian ambassador to
Ukraine from 2001 to 2006 and to
Belgium from 2006 to 2011.
Bernhardsen was named a Knight 1st class of the
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 2002.
References
1945 births
Living people
Norwegian civil servants
Ambassadors of Norway to Ukraine
Ambassadors of Norway to Belgium
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