Paal Bog (born 5 December 1919 in

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, died 19 September 2002 in

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) was a Norwegian economist, civil servant and diplomat. He served as Chairman of

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from 1980 to 1981. Bog earned the

cand.oecon. Candidatus oeconomices (male) or Candidata oeconomices (female), often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Education in Denmark, Danish, Háskóli Íslands, Icelandic and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities ...

degree in economics at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1946, and worked at

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(SSB) until 1953. He then joined the

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, but later returned to SSB. He worked for the India Fund's

Indo-Norwegian Project Indo-Norwegian Project was Norway's first foreign aid development project. The project was first established in Neendakara, near Quilon, Kerala in 1953, and the aim was modernisation of fisheries of Kerala, but also including health, sanitat ...

from 1953 to 1955."Sterkt krydret indisk mat er utmerket," ''

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'', 24 June 1955 He was later an assistant director and director of a department in SSB. From 1969 to 1975 he worked for the

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, and in 1975 he became Director-General for Development Aid in the

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. He served as Ambassador to

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and

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with residence in

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from 1982 to 1988."Paal Bog," obituary by Leidulv Namtvedt, ''

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'', 3 October 2002 He became a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1987. Bog was married to the women's studies scholar Harriet Hinsch (later known as Harriet Holter) from 1944 to 1950. From 1954 to 1968 he was married to the painter Kari Robak (1927–2014). Paal Bog has a son from his second marriage, Ola Bog (1955 – ).

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