Anita Nergaard

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Her Excellency
Anita Nergaard
Born (1967-12-16) December 16, 1967 (age 56)
EducationPhD
Alma mater Norwegian School of Economics
OccupationDiplomat
Term2017–2021
Awards Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

Anita Nergaard (born December 16, 1967) is a Norwegian diplomat. [1] She served as the Norwegian ambassador to Singapore from 2017 to 2021. [1] [2]

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Life

Anita Nergaard is a member of Norway's Sámi community and grew up in Karasjok Municipality. [3] She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen in 1990. There she also received a master's degree in economics and her doctorate in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 she worked for the central bank of Norway, Norges Bank. [2]

Diplomatic career

Nergaard has been in the diplomatic service since 1995. [1] She had her first foreign assignment from 1997 to 2000 as second secretary at the Norwegian embassy in Ankara, and then as first secretary at the Norwegian NATO delegation in Brussels. In 2005 she became a department head at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [1] first in the department for security policy, then in the departments for global security issues and crisis management, and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and from 2010 to 2012 in the department for Russia, Eurasia, and regional cooperation. From 2012 to 2017 she was the deputy representative to Norway's permanent mission to NATO in Brussels. [1]

From 2017 to 2021, Nergaard was the Norwegian ambassador to Singapore, succeeding Tormod Cappelen Endresen. She was accredited there by President Halimah Yacob on October 25, 2017. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lundbo, Sten (2022). "Anita Nergaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Fostering Collaboration for a Low Carbon Future: An Interview with Anita Nergaard, Ambassador of Norway to Singapore". SIEW. Singapore: The Norwegian Embassy in Singapore. December 17, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ Balto, Thoralf; Verstad, Anders Boine (January 30, 2017). "Samisk kvinne blir ambassadør til Singapore". NRK. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ Persson, Joakim (October 30, 2017). "New Norwegian Ambassador to Singapore Presented Credentials". ScandAsia. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer". Det norske kongehus. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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