2009-2015
Jan Grevstad
Norwegian Ambassador to Latvia

Date and place of birth   Oslo, 3 May 1952
Martial status Married to Lise Nicoline Kleven Grevstad
Two children (24 and 28 years)
                      Higher education Master of Business and Marketing, Oslo Business School

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2009 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Riga
2007- 09 Deputy Director General, Section for European Policy, Department for Europe and Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006- 07 Deputy Director General, Section for Disarmament and non- proliferation, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002- 06 Deputy Director General, Section for Export Control, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2001- 02 Deputy Director General, Section for the European Economic Area (EEA), European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000-01 Head of Division, Section for Information Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996-00 Counsellor, Mission of Norway to the EU, Brussel
1994-96 Head of Division, Press Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992-94 Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Conservative Party
1990-92 Senior Executive Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Economic Affairs
1986-90 First Secretary, Embassy of Norway, Singapore
1984-86 Second Secretary, Embassy of Norway, Bonn
1983-84 Attache, Embassy of Norway, Bonn
1981-83 Executive Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1980-81 Information Officer, The Export Council of Norway, Oslo