Bjørn Barth

Who is Bjørn Barth?

Bjørn Barth is a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Sandefjord.

⁕Graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy in 1954. After four years service in the Navy i.a. as teacher at the Academy, he entered the Foreign Service I 1959.

⁕From 1960–1962 Attaché at the Norwegian embassy in Paris. After a period as Vice-Consul at the Consulate General in New York he returned in 1965 to the Ministry as First Secretary.

⁕From 1967 - 1970 First Secretary of Embassy at the Norwegian Permanent Delegation in Geneva.

⁕Served as trade policy advisor to the Norwegian Export Council. In 1972 he returned to the Ministry as Head of Division, later to serve as Councellor of Embassy in Brussels.

⁕From 1973 Minister Councellor and deputy head of the Norwegian Delegation to OECD with the special task of finalizing Norway’s agreement with the IEA.

⁕From 1977–1981 Minister Councellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Washington.

⁕1981–1982 Ambassador to Iraq. 1982- 1983

⁕Ambassador and Special advisor I the Foreign Ministry and representative to the IEA.

⁕On 1953 on leave to serve as Director of Oil Market Development in the International Energy Agency and OECD Combined Energy Staff.