Wegger Christian Strømmen

Who is Wegger Christian Strømmen?

Wegger Christian Strømmen is a Norwegian diplomat and politician who is Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He was born in Larvik, Norway and holds a master’s of law degree from the University of Oslo Law School. Wegger Christian Strommen became Ambassador of Norway to the United States in October 2007, and was Ambassador of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva from 2005 to 2007.

He served as Norway’s permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva from 2005 to 2007, acted as deputy permanent representative of Norway’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 2002 to 2005, as well as deputy permanent representative to the U.N. Security Council and chairman of the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations from 2000 to 2002

In addition, he has been a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London from 2000.

Ambassador Strommen, who joined the Norwegian Diplomatic Service in 1984, served as first secretary to the Norwegian Permanent Mission in Geneva from 1991 to 93 and to the Norwegian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel from 1988 to 1991. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988.