Øystein Bø
Ambassadør
Date and place of birth: 19 November 1959, Levanger, Norway
Citizenship: Norwegian
Education:
1989: Cand. Jur., Oslo University (Ph.d. Law equivalent)
1980: Infantry officers’ training school, Norwegian Army
2013: Norwegian Defence University College, Information course
Career history:
August 2023 Ambassador to the Republic of Poland
September 2022 -August 2023 Special Representative for Nordic and Baltic Security Policy
August 2018 – August 2022 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Norway on the North Atlantic Council, NATO
Dec. 2017 – July 2018 Senior Adviser, Section for Security Policy and North America
October 2013 – Nov. 2017 State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence (Deputy Defence Minister)
Sep. 2010 - Oct. 2013 Head of International Department and Permanent Secretary of the
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence,
Stortinget (the Norwegian Parliament)
August 2006 - August 2010 Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent
Delegation of Norway to NATO
July 2002 - July 2006 Chef de Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dec. 2001 - July 2002 Deputy Director General, Head of OSCE/CFSP
Section, European Department
Sep. 2000 - Dec 2001 Assistant Director General, European Policy Department
June 2000 - Sep. 2000 Assistant Director General, Department of Policy Planning and
Evaluation, Head of Stability Pact / OSCE Coordination Unit
June 2000 - July 2002 National Coordinator, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
June 1998- - May 2000: Adviser, OSCE Coordination Unit. (Responsible for Kosovo/FRY
throughout the Norwegian OSCE Chairmanship 1999)
January 1998 - May 1998: First secretary, Norwegian permanent delegation to NATO
January 1997 - Dec. 1997: Legal adviser, Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo
(Seconded by the Norwegian MFA)
August 1995 - Jan. 1997: First secretary, Norwegian Embassy, Tallinn, Estonia (DCM –
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. for about 9 months of the period)
August 1992 - July 1995: Second secretary, Norwegian Delegation to the CSCE/OSCE,
Vienna
August 1991 - July 1992: Diplomatic trainee, Norwegian MFA
January 1990 - July 1991: Executive Officer, Legal Department, Norwegian MFA
August 1989 - Dec. 1989 Attorney, Business Law firm, Tromsø, Norway
January 1981 - June 1983: 2nd lieutenant, Norwegian Army, Infantry (1st lieutenant
reserve)
Foreign languages: English: Fluent German: Good French: Fair
Marital status: Married, two children
Awards: Department of the US Navy Distinguished Public Service Award (September 11, 2014)
The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight 1st Class (2019)
