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Norwegian diplomat
Oda Helen Sletnes
Oda Helen SletnesOda Helen Sletnes in December 2016
Born (1953-02-10) February 10, 1953 (age 71)
Trondheim
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationDiplomat
Known forNorwegian ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2011.
President of the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority 2011–2015
Current Norwegian ambassador to the European Union since October 2015. Ambassador of France since January 2019.

Oda Helen Sletnes (born 10 February 1953) is a Norwegian diplomat.

She was born in Trondheim, and studied architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. She started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981. She served in the Norwegian European Union delegation in Brussels from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006, she was the Norwegian ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2011. In 2011 she was appointed as a college president of the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority, a position she held until 2015. She is since October 2015 the Norwegian ambassador to the European Union.

She is decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2007), Grand Knight of the Order of the Falcon (1997) and Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004).

She is now the new Norwegian Ambassador in France, since early 2019.

References

  1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Oda Helen Sletnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. web, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
Political offices
Preceded byPer Sanderud President of the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority
2011–2015 		Succeeded bySven Erik Svedman
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byBjørn T. Grydeland Norwegian ambassador to the European Union
2006–2011 		Succeeded byAtle Leikvoll
Preceded byAtle Leikvoll Norwegian ambassador to the European Union
2015–2018 		Succeeded byRolf Einar Fife
Preceded byRolf Einar Fife Norwegian ambassador to France
2019– 		Succeeded byincumbent


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