Bjørn Blakstad (9 January 1926 – 11 July 2012) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in

Hisøy Hisøy (historically: ''Hisø'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1881 until 1992 when it was merged into the municipality of Arendal in what is now Agder county. At the time of its ...

, and is a

cand.jur. Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries. No ...

by education. He started working for the

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian (Bokmål): ''Det kongelige utenriksdepartement''; Norwegian (Nynorsk): ''Det kongelege utanriksdepartement'') is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on Ju ...

in 1952. He became a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. He then served as an ambassor; to Japan from 1976 to 1981, to Spain from 1981 to 1988 and to the Netherlands from 1988 to 1994. He died in July 2012 in

Arendal Arendal () is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the not ...

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1926 births 2012 deaths People from Arendal Norwegian civil servants Ambassadors of Norway to Japan Ambassadors of Norway to Spain Ambassadors of Norway to the Netherlands {{Norway-diplomat-stub