Knut Hedemann
Knut Hedemann (13 May 1922 – 2 May 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat.
He was born in
cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo in 1948. In the same year he married physician's daughter Gro Ranveig Hansen.[1]
He started working for the
OEEC), before becoming assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958 and sub-director in 1961. In the 1960s he was a chargé d'affaires in Israel and Turkey, and an embassy counsellor in Sweden. He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, but went on to be chargé d'affaires in Kenya in 1972.[1][2] He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1975 to 1978, to the United States from 1979 to 1984 and to Austria from 1984 to 1990.[3]
He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was a Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of Homayoun.[1] He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1979. He died in 2011.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Hedemann, Knut". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 224. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ a b c Kolberg, Aud (11 May 2011). "Knut Hedemann (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
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