Vibeke Knudsen

Vibeke Knudsen (10 November 1948 – 18 December 2016) was a Norwegian diplomat. She served as Norway's ambassador to Colombia from 2009 to 2016. She also held a dual accreditation, serving as Norway's ambassador to Ecuador from 2010.[1] She also held diplomatic offices in Venezuela, Greece, Austria and the Netherlands. A social anthropologist by profession, Knudsen obtained a master's degree at the University of Oslo in 1980. That same year, she joined the Foreign Ministry. She retired in September 2016.[2]

Knudsen died on 18 December 2016 at the age of 68.[2]

References
  1. "Offisielt frå statsrådet 9. april 2010". regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 9 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Nekrolog: Vibeke Knudsen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.


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