Rolf Trolle Andersen, Date of Birth

    

Rolf Trolle Andersen

Norwegian diplomat

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1945

Profession: jurist, diplomat

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Rolf Trolle Andersen

  • Rolf Trolle Andersen (born 14 March 1945) is a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Oslo as a son of diplomat Rolf Andersen and maternal grandson of Danish polar explorer Alf Trolle.
  • He is cand.jur.
  • from the University of Oslo and has the CEP from the Institut de Sciences Politiques.
  • He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971.From 1973 to 1976 Trolle Andersen was posted as Secretary of Embassy in Canada.
  • In 1979 he was named First Secretary of Embassy in Greece.
  • In the 1980s he was Special Advisor for Polar Affairs and travelled to and reached the South Pole in 1985.
  • He served as Norwegian Ambassador to Romania from 1990 to 1994 and then succeeded Terje Rød-Larsen as Special Middle East Coordinator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994.
  • In 1997 Trolle Andersen was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to Greece.
  • In 1998, he became Norwegian Ambassador to France after Knut Vollebæk, who had been appointed in 1997, had instead become Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • Trolle Andersen remained in France until 2003, then was briefly Norwegian Ambassador to Austria in 2004 before serving as Lord Chamberlain at the Norwegian Royal Court from 2004 to 2008.
  • In 2008 he became Ambassador to Switzerland, side-accredited to Liechtenstein and The Holy See.
  • He retired in September 2013 and presently resides in France.

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