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List of ambassadors of Norway to the United States

Coordinates: 38°55′30″N 77°04′00″W / 38.925°N 77.066667°W / 38.925; -77.066667
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Ambassador of Norway to the United States
Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C.
Incumbent
Kåre R. Aas [no]
since September 17, 2013
Inaugural holderJohan Anton Wolf Grip
FormationJune 1, 1889

The Norwegian ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Government of Norway to the Government of the United States.

List of Norwegian Representatives

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Norwegian representatives[1]
Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of heads of government of Norway List of presidents of the United States Term end
June 1, 1889 Johan Anton Wolf Grip Listed as Sweden and Norway, J. A. W. Grip, his majesty's envoy extraordinary and (1844—1922) — Minister in Washington from 1889 — pronounced in a private letter to Blehr of 19 June 1899 [2] Emil Stang Benjamin Harrison
December 1, 1905 Johan Anton Wolf Grip Listed as Norway Christian Michelsen Theodore Roosevelt
November 1, 1905 Hjalmar Christian Hauge [no] Chargé d'affaires Lovland named Hjalmar Christian Hauge as Chargé d'affaires ad interim at Washington on October 31. Christian Michelsen Theodore Roosevelt
April 1, 1906 April 25, 1906 Hjalmar Christian Hauge [no] Christian Michelsen Theodore Roosevelt
April 23, 1908 Ove Gude [no] Norwegian Minister To The United States. Wollert Konow Theodore Roosevelt
July 5, 1910 Wilhelm Thorleif de Munthe de Morgenstierne Chargé d'affaires Wollert Konow William Howard Taft
July 23, 1910 Christopher Ravn Chargé d'affaires Wollert Konow William Howard Taft
September 21, 1910 Ole Skybak Chargé d'affaires, Ole Skybak, Secretary Of the Norwegian legation at Washington, was appointed counselor of the legation at Berlin. Wollert Konow William Howard Taft
November 1, 1910 Helmer Halvorsen Bryn [no] [3] Wollert Konow Barack Obama
December 1, 1926 Alexis Harold Gustav Oscar Lundh Chargé d'affaires, Alexis Harold Gustav Lundh Ivar Lykke Calvin Coolidge
December 29, 1927 Halvard Bachke [no] Halvard H. Bachke represented Ivar Lykke Calvin Coolidge
June 8, 1934 Wilhelm von Munthe af Morgenstierne [no] Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Franklin D. Roosevelt
May 13, 1942 Legation Raised To Embassy Vidkun Quisling Franklin D. Roosevelt
May 13, 1942 Wilhelm von Munthe af Morgenstierne [no] Vidkun Quisling Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 13, 1958 March 27, 1958 Paul Gruda Koht [no] Einar Gerhardsen Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 19, 1963 November 1, 1963 Hans Engen John Lyng Lyndon B. Johnson
September 8, 1966 September 9, 1966 Arne Christian Gunneng Per Borten Lyndon B. Johnson
July 30, 1973 Knut Sverre Chargé d'affaires Trygve Bratteli Richard Nixon
October 25, 1973 November 9, 1973 Søren Christian Sommerfelt (diplomat) Trygve Bratteli Richard Nixon
January 13, 1979 Bjorn Earth Chargé d'affaires Odvar Nordli Jimmy Carter
January 17, 1979 March 1, 1979 Knut Hedemann Odvar Nordli Jimmy Carter
September 7, 1984 November 26, 1984 Kjell Eliassen Gro Harlem Brundtland Ronald Reagan
January 17, 1989 February 7, 1989 Kjeld Vibe Jan P. Syse George H. W. Bush
July 8, 1996 July 29, 1996 Tom Vraalsen Tom Eric Vraalsen Thorbjørn Jagland Bill Clinton
March 7, 2001 March 13, 2001 Knut Vollebæk Kjell Magne Bondevik George W. Bush
October 10, 2009 November 5, 2009 Wegger Christian Strømmen Jens Stoltenberg Barack Obama 2013
August 22, 2013 September 17, 2013 Kåre R. Aas [no] Kaare Reidar Aas Erna Solberg Barack Obama

38°55′30″N 77°04′00″W / 38.925°N 77.066667°W / 38.925; -77.066667

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