Ambassador's Speeches

“Norway is an island of peace and prosperity with a triple-A rating as a country. Triple-A rated Kommunalbanken, entirely state-owned, provides low-cost funding to Norwegian municipalities facilitating public sector services in Norway’s welfare state.....” 更に読む

“A true Japanese “bonenkai” is a party that takes place at the end of the year among colleagues and friends to forget the woes and troubles of the past year, sometimes best done by drinking huge amounts of alcohol. The woes and troubles that normally are on a business as usual “bonenkai” agenda and that easily can be forgotten, are dwarfed by this year’s national sorrow”. 更に読む

“Only one life” is a film about a Norwegian, who had many lives. Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian hero, explorer, scientist, humanist, internationalist and diplomat. And not least, the first High Commissioner for Refugees of the League of Nations. It takes a lot of ambition and courage for a person to attempt to put all of these lives into one. And it takes a lot of merit to live them all with su... 更に読む

Our contemporary world has passed from a bi-polar one via a uni-polar to a multi-polar one that is perhaps becoming a zero-polar world. But there definitely still is something that we can call “the Geopolitics of Energy”. The “G-word” has to do with how the location of, and demand for, energy resources influence the policies of nations. 更に読む

Interview by ”Japan Agricultural News” 4 February 2010 There is a global perspective on agriculture that I would like to put in focus before we start the interview. The number of people in the world suffering from hunger is still increasing. And climate change in combination with a lack of access to food and natural resources will place unprecedented pressures on our ability to provide the food... 更に読む

It is a great honour for me, as Norway’s Ambassador to Japan and on behalf of H.M. King Harald of Norway, to bestow upon Mr. Fujio Ota the insignia and diploma as Officer of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. 更に読む

Speech at dinner presentation of Norway to members of the Japan Chapter of the World Presidents’ Organisation at Embassy of Norway, Tokyo 23 May 2011. 更に読む

Speech on occasion of the Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo 更に読む

Key-note speech at Windsor Energy Group Annual Consultations on “Global energy uncertainties – finding new directions”, Windsor Castle, UK. 更に読む

Key-note speech at 29th International Symposium of Japan Co-operation Centre, Petroleum, Tokyo 更に読む

Speech at ceremony bestowing the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Commander Class, on Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation and Board member of the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, 19 January 2010 更に読む

Key-note address to international symposium on “Development of Natural Resources in the Arctic Areas” organized by the Ocean Policy Research Foundation in Tokyo 14 December 2010. 更に読む

Presentation to the 16th Annual Energy Conference on “The Oil Era: Emerging Challenges” organized by the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 8-10 November 2010. 更に読む

We are here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first exports of fresh Norwegian salmon to Japan. What better way to celebrate and to honour salmon than eating it in a variety of ways – sushi, sashimi and Norwegian style – along with other Norwegian seafood delicacies at this evening’s reception in the Embassy? 更に読む

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Conveying message of support from Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre to the 2010 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Weapons on occasion of the 65th anniversary of the tragic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. 更に読む

Presentation at the National Press Club of Japan on 20th July 2010. 更に読む

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Statement at Council meeting of the International Federation of Gymnasts conveying support of the Norwegian Government to Lillestrøm’s candidature to host the 15th World Gymnaestrada in 2015 更に読む

Speech at NORWAY-JAPAN POLAR SEMINAR on 26 April 2010 更に読む