Personal information
Name: Trine Skymoen
Born: 24 September 1959, Skodje, Norway
One son, born 1996
Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
Professional career
2020 Ambassador, Budapest, Hungary, also accredited in Slovenia
2018 Senior adviser, Section for Recruitment and Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
2014 Ambassador, Pretoria, South Africa (also accredited to Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Madagascar)
2012 Specialist Director, International Department, Office of the Prime Minister, Oslo
2009 Ambassador, Bratislava, Slovakia
2008 Senior adviser, Department for UN and Global Affairs (peace building), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
2008 Norwegian National Defence College
2005 Deputy Director General and Deputy Head of Department for Security Policy and the High North, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
2003 Senior adviser, International Department, Office of the Prime Minister, Oslo
2001 Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Delegation, Norwegian Delegation to the OSCE, Vienna
1998 Counsellor (Political affairs), Norwegian Delegation to the OSCE, Vienna
1996 Adviser (Refugees and humanitarian affairs), Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
1994 Chargée d’affaires a.i., Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1991 First Secretary (Political affairs), Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, New York
1988 Second Secretary, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1986 Trainee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo
Education: Cand. Polit. (Master in Administration and Organisation Theory, including 1 year public law and 2 years economics), University of Bergen, Norway