Leif Edward Edwardsen (20 December 1922 – 13 August 2002) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, and finished his secondary education in 1942. During the Second World War he studied before the university was closed; he then worked as a journalist in '' Morgenbladet'' among other things. After the war he studied at Columbia University, whence he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1948. 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 1949. He served as a vice consul in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, embassy secretary in Belgium and Egypt and charge d'affairs in Lebanon. In 1962 he became an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1967 he became an embassy counsellor in Belgium. He was the Norwegian ambassador to the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

from 1970 to 1973, to Portugal from 1976 to 1983, to

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

from 1983 to 1987 and to Hungary from 1987 to 1990. After that he worked part-time in '' Sandefjords Blad'', and lived in Sandefjord. He died in August 2002.

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1922 births 2002 deaths People from Mandal, Norway Columbia University alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in Brazil Norwegian expatriates in Egypt Ambassadors of Norway to Portugal Ambassadors of Norway to Ivory Coast Ambassadors of Norway to Hungary 20th-century Norwegian journalists {{Norway-diplomat-stub