Rolf Andersen (25 July 1897 – 25 July 1980) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in 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 ...

, and participated in the Norwegian delegation to the

Paris Peace Conference, 1946 Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

. He was later a Norwegian envoy to

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, the Norwegian ambassador to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

to 1958, to Denmark from 1958 to 1963, and in France from 1963 to 1967. He was the father of

Rolf Trolle Andersen Rolf Trolle Andersen (born 14 March 1945) is a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Oslo as a son of diplomat Rolf Andersen and maternal grandson of Danish polar explorer Alf Trolle. He is cand.jur. from the University of Oslo and has the CEP from ...

, who became ambassador to France too.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Rolf 1897 births 1980 deaths Norwegian civil servants Ambassadors of Norway to Switzerland Ambassadors of Norway to Italy Ambassadors of Norway to Denmark Ambassadors of Norway to France