Oda Sletnes

Oda Helen Sletnes
Oda Helen Sletnes
	Oda Helen Sletnes in December 2016
Born	February 10, 1953; Trondheim
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Diplomat
Known for	Norwegian 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.[1] 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).[2]

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

References

Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Oda Helen Sletnes". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
web, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale. Retrieved 2017-01-11.

Political offices
Preceded by Per Sanderud	President of the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority 2011–2015	Succeeded by Sven Erik Svedman
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Bjørn T. Grydeland	Norwegian ambassador to the European Union 2006–2011	Succeeded by Atle Leikvoll
Preceded by Atle Leikvoll	Norwegian ambassador to the European Union 2015–2018	Succeeded by Rolf Einar Fife
Preceded by Rolf Einar Fife	Norwegian ambassador to France 2019–	Succeeded by incumbent

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[snl-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.