Fred H. Nomme

Who is Fred H. Nomme?

Fred Harald Nomme is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Sandefjord, and studied economics at the University of Minnesota and San Francisco State College. He had a varied career outside of the diplomacy; he has worked at the University of Bergen, University of Oslo, Norwegian Shipowners' Association and as a personal secretary for Queen Sonja. From 1991 to 1994 he was a section leader in the Lillehammer Olympic Organising Committee, and during the 1994 Winter Olympics itself he was a "protocol director". Before becoming an ambassador, he also worked in the diplomacy as embassy secretary in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, France and the United States.

In 1995 he was appointed as Norway's ambassador to Nigeria. Since September 1995 he was also the ambassador to Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cameroon. Already in November 1995 he was recalled from Nigeria, after diplomatic bonds were severed after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine. He returned to Nigeria in 1996. In September 1998 Nomme moved on to become ambassador in Malaysia. From the next year he doubled as ambassador to Brunei as well.