Svein Ole Sæther is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Oslo

Oslo

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, and is a cand.polit.

Cand.polit.

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 by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1975. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Turkey

Turkey

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 from 1992 to 1997, and to Israel

Israel

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 from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2007, he became the Norwegian ambassador to the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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in 2007.