H.E. Ms Bente ANGELL-HANSEN
07/12/2007 :: Date of birth
15 December 1951
Education
Degree in social sciences, University of Oslo. Programmes of study: political science, concentrating on international politics; French; public law
Work experience
5 October 2005 Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary
2000 – 2005 Director General, Department of International Affairs, Office of the Prime
Minister
1998 – 2000 Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995 Assistant Director General, Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1993 Assistant Director General, Department of External Economic Affairs I,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 Head of Division, Department of External Economic Affairs I, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
1990 Head of Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1986 – 1990 Executive Officer, North-South Section, Department of Multilateral
Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1982 – 1985 Attaché / Second Secretary, Norwegian Embassy in Canberra, Australia
1979 Foreign service trainee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1978 – 1979 Executive Officer, Ministry of Trade and Shipping
1976 – 1978 Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Languages
English: excellent
French: good
German: some knowledge
Spanish: some knowledge