Asbjørn Skarstein
Norwegian civil servant and diplomat
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Asbjørn Skarstein (7 March 1922 – 22 October 1999) was a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat.
Asbjørn Skarstein | |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Ambassador to France | |
| In office 1985–1988 | |
| Norwegian Ambassador to Italy | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1922 Kristiania, Norway |
| Died | 22 October 1999 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Economics |
He was born in Kristiania, and held the siv.øk. degree. He was hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant secretary in 1956. He served as a councillor at the Norwegian embassies in Switzerland from 1960 and Belgium from 1962. In 1965 he returned to Norway; being a sub-director from 1965 to 1967 and deputy under-secretary of state from 1967 to 1975, both in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was then the permanent under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Shipping, the highest-ranking bureaucratic position, from 1975 to 1981. He then served as Norway's ambassador to Italy from 1981 to 1984.[1] He also doubled as the ambassador to Malta.[2] In 1985 Georg Kristiansen left as ambassador of France.[3] Skarstein took over and served until 1988.[1]
