Finn Kristen Fostervoll is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was a journalist from 1962 to 1969, and later studied political science, with his MA degree taken at Carleton University

Carleton University

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 in 1972. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1972, and was promoted to assistant secretary in 1976, a position he held until 1983. He later spent much time working with nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and had diplomatic assignments in Germany

Germany

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, Portugal

Portugal

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 and at NATO in Brussels

Brussels

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. From 1997 he served as the Norwegian ambassador to Turkey

Turkey

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 and Greece

Greece

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, and from 2005 to Cyprus

Cyprus

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 as well. He retired in 2006.

In 1999 he was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. He resides in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

.