Paal Bog (born 5 December 1919 in

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, died 19 September 2002 in Nedstrand Municipality) was a Norwegian economist, civil servant and diplomat. He served as Chairman of

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from 1980 to 1981. Bog earned the

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degree in economics at the

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in 1946, and worked at

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(SSB) until 1953. He then joined the Norwegian Customs Service, but later returned to SSB. He worked for the India Fund's

Indo-Norwegian Project The Indo-Norwegian Project was Norway's first foreign aid development project. The project was first established in Neendakara, near Quilon, Kerala, in 1953; its aim was the modernisation of fisheries in Kerala. It also included improvements in ...

from 1953 to 1955."Sterkt krydret indisk mat er utmerket," ''

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'', 24 June 1955 He was later an assistant director and director of a department in SSB. From 1969 to 1975 he worked for the

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, and in 1975 he became Director-General for Development Aid in the

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. He served as Ambassador to

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

and

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

with residence in

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from 1982 to 1988."Paal Bog," obituary by Leidulv Namtvedt, ''

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'', 3 October 2002 He became a Commander of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1987. Bog was married to the women's studies scholar Harriet Hinsch (later known as Harriet Holter) from 1944 to 1950. From 1954 to 1968 he was married to the painter Kari Robak (1927–2014). Paal Bog has a son from his second marriage, Ola Bog (1955 – ).

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