Bjarne Lindstrøm is a Norwegian diplomat.

He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1962. He was the consul-general in Cape Town

Cape Town

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, South Africa

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 from 1986 to 1990, deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1996, permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2005, and Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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from 2005 to 2010.