Bjørn Tore Godal (born 20 January 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 and Minister of Defence from 2000–2001 in Stoltenberg's First Cabinet. From 2003-2007 he was the Norwegian ambassador to Germany. Since 2007, he has acted as special adviser to the Norwegian State Department in international energy and climate issues.[1]
Honours
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1994[2]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, 1995[3]
References
- ^ "Bjørn Tore Godal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- ^ Galloway, Peter (2000). The Order of St Michael and St George. Third Millennium Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 0-9536969-5-2.
- ^ "BOE-A-1995-10107 Real Decreto 663/1995, de 21 de abril, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil al señor Bjorn Tore Godal, Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del Reino de Noruega". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2024-10-24.