Arnt Magne Rindal (28 June 1938 – 26 December 2015)
/ref> was a Norwegian diplomat. He was a cand.philol. (

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) by education. He started working for the

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian or ''Utenriksdepartementet''; or ''Utanriksdepartementet''; UD) is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on June 7, 1905, the same day the Parliament of ...

in 1966. He served in the

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, the

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and at the

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delegation in

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. He was a head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1991, Norway's ambassador to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

from 1991 to 1996, and acting deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1999. He was then the Norway's ambassador to

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

(and

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

) from 1999 to 2003 and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

from 2003 to 2006.

References

1938 births 2015 deaths Ambassadors of Norway to Bulgaria Ambassadors of Norway to Moldova Ambassadors of Norway to Poland Ambassadors of Norway to Portugal Ambassadors of Norway to Romania Norwegian civil servants Norwegian diplomats Norwegian expatriates in Belgium Norwegian expatriates in the Soviet Union Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-diplomat-stub