Ambassador Morten von Hanno Aasland
Morten Aasland is Norway’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations organizations based in Rome. He took up his duties in Rome in November 2020.
Ambassador Aasland has a long career in the Norwegian Foreign Service, with positions in the field of security policy, European and transatlantic policy, and stability and conflict in particular. His last posting, 2018-2020, was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Norway to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, based in Addis Abeba. Prior to this, Morten Aasland was Ambassador for Migration Affairs at the MFA in Oslo (2015-2018) and Ambassador to Sudan, Chad, CAR and Eritrea, based in Khartoum (2012-2015). He earlier served as Minister Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC (2002-2006), at the Prime Minister’s Office in Oslo, and at embassies and delegations in Stockholm, Vienna and Santiago de Chile. He held the MFA North America portfolio (2007-2012) and before that headed up a Foreign Ministry review and White paper on global change and national interest.