Oda Sletnes

Oda Helen Sletnes (born 10 February 1953) is a Norwegian diplomat.

She was born in Oslo, and is a siv.ing. by education. She started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981. She served in the Norwegian European Union delegation in Brussels from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006, she was the ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2011. In 2011 she was appointed as a college member of the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.^[1]. She presides the organisation.

Honours and awards

• Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, "for civil merit" (2007)
• Grand Knight of the Order of the Falcon (Iceland; 1997)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004)

References

1. ^ Godal, Anne Marit, ed. "Oda Helen Sletnes" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Oda_Helen_Sletnes. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 

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Name	Sletnes, Oda
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Date of birth	10 February 1953
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
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