Svein Ole Sæther

Svein Ole Sæther (born 26 July 1948) is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Oslo, and is a cand.polit. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Turkey from 1992 to 1997, and to Israel from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2007, he became the Norwegian ambassador to the People's Republic of China in 2007.[1]

References

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Svein Ole Sæther" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Svein_Ole_S%C3%A6ther. Retrieved 5 March 2009. 
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Tor Christian Hildan
Norwegian ambassador to China
2007–present
Incumbent