Tancred Ibsen Jr. (6 July 1921 – 11 February 2015) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in

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as a son of

Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and No ...

and

Lillebil Ibsen Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Monrad Krohn) (6 August 1899 – 12 August 1989) was a Norwegian dancer and actress. Personal life Lillebil was born in Kristiania, as the daughter of engineer Georg Monrad Krohn and actress Gyda Martha Kristi ...

. He was the great-grandson of both playwright Henrik Ibsen and Nobel Prize laureate

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguishe ...

. He had two daughters, Nora Ibsen and Hedda Ibsen. Arven etter Ibsen - Magasinet - Dagbladet.no
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Oslo Commerce School in 1939 before taking the cand.oecon. degree in 1943 and the cand.jur. degree in 1946. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1947, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1960. He held various positions between 1962 and 1968, before serving as the Norwegian ambassador to

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from 1968 to 1973, to

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from 1973 to 1979, to the

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from 1979 to 1982, to

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from 1982 to 1986 and to

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from 1986 to 1989. While serving in India he also covered Sri Lanka and

the Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

. He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav. After retiring he settled in

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References

1921 births 2015 deaths Diplomats from Oslo Tancred, Jr. Ambassadors of Norway to Hungary Ambassadors of Norway to Egypt Ambassadors of Norway to China Ambassadors of Norway to India Ambassadors of Norway to Bhutan Ambassadors of Norway to Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Norway to the Maldives Ambassadors of Norway to Greece {{Norway-diplomat-stub