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About Herman Pedersen
- Herman Pedersen (21 May 1928 – 24 January 2009) was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vestre Toten as a son of Asbjørn Pedersen (1897–1983) and housewife Hanna Nøkleby (1897–1992).
- He studied political science at the University of Oslo and Yale University, and also had an UNESCO scholarship to stay in Latin America before being hired as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958.
- He made a career in the system and was hired as an embassy secretary in Poland in 1960, and went on to the United Nations delegation from 1962 to 1965.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the term 1965–1969.
- He met on a regular basis in October 1965, before Einar Gerhardsen returned from his position as Prime Minister.
- In total Pedersen met during one year and 106 days of parliamentary session.
- From 1966 to 1968 Pedersen was a member of the Labour Party international committee, and also chaired the Norwegian-Polish Association.
- From 1966 to 1969 he was a deputy board member of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
- His day job between 1965 and 1969 was as a foreign news editor.He served as an embassy counsellor in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1978, then as a sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1988, before becoming an ambassador.
- From 1988 to 1993 he was the Norwegian ambassador to most of Southern Africa (notably except South Africa), i.e.
- to Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland; since 1989 also to Mozambique.
- From 1993 to his retirement in 1995 he was the Norwegian ambassador to Cyprus and Israel.
- He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
- Olav in 1990.
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