Bjørn Tore Godal

Bjørn Tore Godal
Bjørn Tore Godal
	Godal in 2009
Minister of Defence
	In office; 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Eldbjørg Løwer
Succeeded by	Kristin Krohn Devold
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 24 January 1994 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland ; Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Johan Jørgen Holst
Succeeded by	Knut Vollebæk
Minister of Trade and Shipping
	In office; 15 November 1991 – 24 January 1994
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Eldrid Nordbø
Succeeded by	Grete Knudsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
	In office; 1 October 1989 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Oslo
Personal details
Born	20 January 1945 (age 79); Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Sissel Rønbeck (1971-1981) ; Gro Balas (1988–present)

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.

Political offices
Preceded by Johan Jørgen Holst	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994–1997	Succeeded by Knut Vollebæk
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Morten Wetland	Norwegian ambassador to Germany 2003–2007	Succeeded by Sven-Erik Svedman