Kjell Colding (20 March 1931 – 28 July 2009) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the

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. He was born in

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, and took the

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degree in his education. 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 1958, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1967. At the same time he had a political career in the same ministry; as private secretary (now known as political adviser) from 1966 to 1970 and State Secretary from 1970 to 1971, both in

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. Back in the ministry as a civil servant, he served as embassy counsellor in

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from 1971 to 1975, sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1977, ambassador from 1977 to 1979 and deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1981. He was then a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister from 1981 to 1984 and the Norwegian ambassador to

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from 1985 to 1989. He was then a deputy under-secretary of state again from 1989 to 1991, special adviser from 1991 to 1992 and permanent under-secretary of state from 1992 to 1996. He finished his career as the Norwegian ambassador to the

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from 1996 to 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colding, Kjell 1931 births 2009 deaths Norwegian civil servants Norwegian state secretaries Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Ambassadors of Norway to Finland Ambassadors of Norway to the United Kingdom