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Per G. Stavnum
Per Gullik Stavnum (26 December 1941 – 14 April 2012) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Oslo, and is a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. He became assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before started working for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, including a tenure as the agency representative in New Delhi. He was acting deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Development Cooperation, then served as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1991. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Lithuania from 1991 to 1996 where he was decorated with the 2nd Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, to Vietnam from 2000 to 2005 and to Zimbabwe from 2005 to 2008. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav and as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, duri |
