Sven Erik Svedman (born 13 October 1946) is a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He is a siv.øk. by education, and 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 1973. From 1989 to 1990, he served as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a part of the

Syse's Cabinet Syse's Cabinet was a minority centre-right Conservative, Centre, Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990. It was repla ...

. He was then minister and deputy ambassador at the Norwegian embassy in the

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from 1990 to 1994, and Norwegian ambassador to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

from 1994 to 1997. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served as ambassador to

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from 2003 to 2005. He was then permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and Norwegian ambassador to

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from 2007 to 2014. Leaving the position at Chief Economist at the

, he was appointed as President of the

EFTA Surveillance Authority The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) monitors compliance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States which are a part of the EEA Agreement, allowin ...

for the period 1 September 2015 to 31 December 2017.

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1946 births Living people Norwegian civil servants Ambassadors of Norway to the United States Ambassadors of Norway to Israel Ambassadors of Norway to France Ambassadors of Norway to Germany Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Norway-diplomat-stub