Date and place of birth: 16 December 1968, Drammen, Norway
Marital status: Lives in registered partnership with Mr. Sergejs Savenko
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
2020-: Norway’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Permanent Representative to the OPCW and the ICC
2018-2020: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OSLO: Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs
2014-2018: Norway’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan (side-accredited to Georgia)
2011-2014: Norwegian Embassy, MOSCOW: Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission
2009-2011: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OSLO: Assistant Director General, Section for Russia, Eurasia and Regional Cooperation
2006-2009: Norwegian Embassy, MOSCOW: Counsellor (Political affairs)
2003-2006: Norwegian Embassy, VIENNA: First Secretary (Politics, Press and Culture)
2000-2003: Norwegian Embassy, RIGA: First Secretary (Politics, Press and Culture)
1998-2000: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OSLO: Trainee, Section for Russia and the CIS Countries
1996-1998: Governor’s Office, Longyearbyen, SVALBARD: Russian interpreter
EDUCATION
1996: University of Oslo: Candidatus Philologiae: Russian language and literature (major), German language and literature (minor), History of Ideas (minor)
1988: United World College of the Atlantic, Wales: International Baccalaureate
LANGUAGES
Native: Norwegian
Fluent: English, Russian, German, Dutch, Latvian
Intermediary: Azerbaijani, French, Spanish