List of ambassadors of the United States to Norway

List of diplomats

Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway

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Incumbent
Marc Nathanson
since June 16, 2022

U.S. Department of State
Embassy of the United States, Oslo
Style| His Excellency (formal)
Mr. Ambassador (informal)
Reports to| U.S. Secretary of State
Residence| Villa Otium
Seat| Oslo, Norway
Nominator| The President of the United States
Appointer|
with the advice and consent of the Senate
Term length| At the pleasure of the President
No fixed term
Inaugural holder| Charles H. Graves
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation| March 8, 1905
Website| U.S. Embassy - Oslo

The United States ambassador to Norway (formally the ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway) is the official representative of the president and the government of the United States of America to the king and government of Norway.

Since the United States was recognized as an independent country in 1783, it first established diplomatic relations with Norway in 1818 when Jonathan Russell was accepted as the Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway. From 1814 to 1905, Sweden and Norway were in a personal union. Although each country was fully sovereign, they had a common foreign policy and diplomatic service. The United States ambassador to Sweden thus was the U.S. representative to Norway as well as Sweden. In 1905 Sweden and Norway peacefully separated and Norway continued to be an independent constitutional monarchy. On November 14, 1905, the U.S. State Department instructed Ambassador Charles H. Graves to handle affairs for Sweden and Norway separately and the Ambassador was thus commissioned to Norway equally with Sweden, though he remained in Stockholm.

On June 22, 1906, Herbert H. D. Peirce was appointed to be the first ambassador of the U.S. appointed specifically solely for Norway. On August 6, 1906, the embassy in Stockholm ceased all functions related to Norway. Peirce presented his credentials to the foreign minister of Norway on August 13, 1906.

## List of ambassadors[edit]

"Villa Otium", the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Oslo, Norway (Nobels gate 28)[1] The current U.S. Embassy in Oslo (Morgedalsveien 36) Name  | Portrait  | Appointment  | Presentation  | Termination  | Appointer  | Notes

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Charles H. Graves |  | March 8, 1905 | May 31, 1905 | August 6, 1906 |  | Theodore Roosevelt | Left post
Herbert H. D. Peirce |  | June 22, 1906 | August 13, 1906 | May 30, 1911 | Left post
Laurits S. Swenson |  | April 27, 1911 | June 10, 1911 | October 4, 1913 | William H. Taft | Left post
Albert G. Schmedeman |  | July 21, 1913 | October 4, 1913 | July 29, 1921 |  | Woodrow Wilson | Left post
Laurits S. Swenson |  | October 8, 1921 | November 28, 1921 | November 9, 1930 |  | Warren G. Harding | Left post
Hoffman Philip |  | July 22, 1930 | November 15, 1930 | August 3, 1935 | Herbert Hoover | Left post
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |  | July 22, 1935 | September 7, 1935 | May 21, 1937 |  | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Left post
Florence Jaffray Harriman |  | May 4, 1937 | July 1, 1937 | April 22, 1940 | Left Norway because of WWII, first female ambassador to Norway
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |  | February 11, 1941 | March 20, 1941 | December 1, 1943 | Left London, where the government of Norway went into exile
Lithgow Osborne |  | September 21, 1944 | December 20, 1944 | April 20, 1946 | Left post
Charles Ulrick Bay |  | June 6, 1946 | July 26, 1946 | July 31, 1953 | Harry S. Truman | Left post
Lester Corrin Strong |  | June 24, 1953 | August 10, 1953 | February 16, 1957 |  | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Left post
Frances E. Willis |  | May 20, 1957 | June 19, 1957 | May 15, 1961 | Left post
Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. |  | March 2, 1961 | April 18, 1961 | September 4, 1964 |  | John F. Kennedy | Left post
Margaret Joy Tibbetts |  | July 31, 1964 | October 6, 1964 | May 23, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Left post
Philip K. Crowe |  | May 1, 1969 | June 23, 1969 | August 31, 1973 |  | Richard Nixon | Left post
Thomas Ryan Byrne |  | August 3, 1973 | October 4, 1973 | April 10, 1976 | Left post
William A. Anders |  | April 13, 1976 | May 11, 1976 | June 18, 1977 | Gerald R. Ford | Left post
Louis A. Lerner |  | July 15, 1977 | August 23, 1977 | January 28, 1980 |  | Jimmy Carter | Left post
Sidney Anders Rand |  | December 20, 1979 | March 4, 1980 | February 14, 1981 | Left post
Mark Evans Austad |  | December 11, 1981 | January 5, 1982 | September 15, 1984 |  | Ronald Reagan | Left post
R. Douglas Stuart Jr. |  | September 18, 1984 | October 16, 1984 | July 17, 1989 | Left post
Loret Miller Ruppe |  | August 7, 1989 | August 29, 1989 | February 28, 1993 | George H. W. Bush | Left post
Thomas A. Loftus |  | November 4, 1993 | November 18, 1993 | December 22, 1997 |  | Bill Clinton | Left post
David Hermelin |  | November 10, 1997 | January 8, 1998 | January 7, 2000 | Left post
Robin Chandler Duke |  | August 3, 2000 | September 12, 2000 | March 1, 2001 | Left post
John D. Ong |  | January 30, 2002 | February 27, 2002 | November 21, 2005 |  | George W. Bush | Left post
Benson K. Whitney |  | November 2, 2005 | January 12, 2006 | June 20, 2009 | Left post
Barry B. White |  | September 23, 2009 | November 5, 2009 | September 28, 2013 |  | Barack Obama | Left post
Samuel D. Heins |  | February 16, 2016 | March 10, 2016 | January 12, 2017 | Left post
Kenneth Braithwaite |  | December 21, 2017 | February 8, 2018 | May 29, 2020 |  | Donald Trump | Left post
Marc Nathanson |  | May 5, 2022 | June 16, 2022 |  |  | Joe Biden |

U.S. diplomatic terms

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Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Ambassadors residence (Website of the embassy)

## See also[edit]

* Embassy of the United States, Oslo
* Norway – United States relations
* Foreign relations of Norway
* Ambassadors of the United States

## References[edit]

* United States Department of State: Background notes on Norway
* This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* United States Ambassador's Residence in Oslo

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* Guyana
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