Bjørn Blakstad, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bjørn Blakstad

Norwegian diplomat

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1926

Date of Death: 11-Jul-2012

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Bjørn Blakstad (9 January 1926 – 11 July 2012) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Hisøy, and is a cand.jur.
by education.
He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 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.