Rune Resaland (born 4 May 1956) is a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Ullensaker and is a

cand.jur. Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries. ...

by education. 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 1986, and served as subdirector from 1997 and secretary of the parliamentary

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs ( no, Utenrikskomiteen) is a defunct committee of the Norwegian Parliament responsible for matters related to foreign policy, development assistance, international agreements, Svalbard and the Norwegian polar ...

from 1999. He moved abroad as embassy counsellor in the United States from 2003 to 2007, returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as senior adviser, head of department and deputy under-secretary of state between 2007 and 2018. In 2018 he became the Norwegian ambassador to Russia.

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1956 births Living people People from Ullensaker Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in the United States Ambassadors of Norway to Russia {{Norway-diplomat-stub