Torolf Raa (born 2 May 1933) is a Norwegian diplomat. Raa was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, and graduated BA from Copenhagen School of Economics. Raa was a postgraduate student at the

College of Europe The College of Europe (french: Collège d'Europe) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with its main campus in Bruges, Belgium and a second campus in Warsaw, Poland. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 by leading ...

, and received his MA in Political Science, from

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...

. Raa started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1963, and was the Norwegian ambassador to

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

from 1983 to 1988. Raa was then the Norwegian ambassador to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

from 1988 to 1994, chief negotiator to the

WTO The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

from 1994 to 1997, and ambassador to

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

from 1997 to 2001. Raa was associate partner of Norscan Partners, Oslo, from 2001 to 2007.

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1933 births Living people Diplomats from Bergen Copenhagen Business School alumni College of Europe alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Ambassadors of Norway to Iraq Ambassadors of Norway to Indonesia Ambassadors of Norway to South Korea Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Norwegian expatriates in Belgium Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian expatriates in South Korea {{Norway-diplomat-stub