Per Gustav Schøyen (23 February 1924 – 21 May 2017) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tr ...

in February 1924. Following the examen artium, he took a business education, and spent two years in the United States. 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 1948. Positions held include those of Norwegian ambassador to Singapore from 1977 to 1981 and consul-general in Hamburg from 1987 to 1992. He also served in Moscow, Paris and Bonn during his career. Schøyen was a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He resided at

Høvik Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Viken, Norway, in the Oslo metropolitan area. Mainly a residential area, its population (2005) is 4,311. It is normal to divide Høvik into two parts; Nedre (lower) and Øvre (upper). Hø ...

, and his hobbies included tennis, rowing and wood carving. Schøyen died in May 2017 at the age of 93.Per Gustav Schøyen obituary
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1924 births 2017 deaths Ambassadors of Norway to France Ambassadors of Norway to Singapore Ambassadors of Norway to the Soviet Union Ambassadors of Norway to West Germany Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in the United States People from Modum {{Norway-diplomat-stub