Astrid Versto (born 3 August 1953) is a Norwegian journalist and diplomat.
She was born in Vinje and took her education at the Norwegian Journalist College. After a journalistic career she was hired as director of communications in Norad in 2000, moving on to director of personnel in 2004. From 2005 to 2008 she was the director of communications at the Royal Palace, Oslo, in other words the Norwegian royal couple. She embarked on a diplomatic career as counsellor at the Norwegian embassy in Austria from 2008 to 2012, director of communications in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2015 and Norwegian ambassador to Croatia from 2015. [1]
She is a daughter of Aslak Versto, sister of Olav Versto and married to Terje Svabø. [2] [3]
Astrid of Sweden was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. After her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant. Astrid held the position of Queen of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until her death a little more than a year later. Known for her charitable efforts, she focused particularly on causes related to women and children.
Vinje is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark which is part of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Åmot. Other villages in the municipality include Arabygdi, Edland, Grunge, Haukeli, Krossen, Møsstrond, Nesland, Øyfjell, Raulandsgrend, and Vinje.
Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is the second daughter of King Olav V and his wife, Princess Märtha of Sweden. She is the older sister of King Harald V of Norway and younger sister of the late Princess Ragnhild.
Karin Krog is a Norwegian jazz singer.
Manuela Myriam Henri Ramin-Osmundsen is a French-Norwegian politician and former Minister of Children and Equality from the Labour Party. In 2008 she was the focus of a political scandal that ended with the forced resignation from her newly appointed minister position.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland of the Labour Party since 2022. The department must report to the legislature, the Storting.
Events in the year 1943 in Norway.
Aslak Versto was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The society's Protector is King Harald V of Norway. Its membership consists of no more than 435 members elected for life among the country's most prominent scholars and scientists.
Olav Versto was a Norwegian journalist and editor, primarily known for his work for the newspaper Verdens Gang.
Events in the year 1932 in Norway.
Events in the year 1957 in Norway.
Terje Svabø is a Norwegian journalist.
Events in the year 2011 in Norway.
Terje Tønnesen is a Norwegian classical violinist. His first marriage, from 1979 to 1986, was to the pianist Reidun Askeland. In 1986 he married the actress Hilde Grythe, daughter of NRK program host Odd Grythe (1918–94) and film director Kirsten Sørlie (1926–2013).
Astrid Synnøve Gunnestad was a Norwegian journalist and radio presenter.
Hanne Skartveit is a Norwegian journalist and political editor.
Versto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Telemark is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting, the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It consists of the municipalities of Bamble, Drangedal, Fyresdal, Hjartdal, Kragerø, Kviteseid, Midt-Telemark, Nissedal, Nome, Notodden, Porsgrunn, Seljord, Siljan, Skien, Tinn, Tokke and Vinje in the county of Vestfold og Telemark. The constituency currently elects five of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 130,953 registered electors.