Per Gulowsen (28 January 1920 – 4 February 1994) was a Norwegian diplomat.
He graduated from the
Norwegian School of Economics in 1943, and spent the rest of the war years in Sweden and the United Kingdom. He was hired in the
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in 1945. He was an attaché at the Norwegian embassy in the
Soviet Union for two years, then an embassy secretary in
France and legation secretary in
West Germany before returning to Norway to serve as an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was an embassy counsellor in the Soviet Union, then from 1962 a press attaché in
Sweden
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,
chargé d'affaires
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in and embassy manager in
Greece from 1967 to 1972 and sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1977.
From 1977 he was Norway's ambassador to
India, also with ambassador tasks in
Nepal,
Bangladesh and
Sri Lanka
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. His last posting was as Norway's ambassador to
Turkey, until his retirement.
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1920 births
1994 deaths
Norwegian School of Economics alumni
Ambassadors of Norway to India
Ambassadors of Norway to Nepal
Ambassadors of Norway to Bangladesh
Ambassadors of Norway to Sri Lanka
Ambassadors of Norway to Turkey
Norwegian expatriates in Sweden
Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union
Norwegian expatriates in France
Norwegian expatriates in West Germany
Norwegian expatriates in Greece
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