The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Norway is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Norway, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Norway. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. Norway and the United Kingdom have exchanged diplomats since Norway became independent, when Sir Arthur Herbert was appointed British Minister to Norway on 27 October 1905.
England, and later the United Kingdom, has had a diplomatic and/or consular representation in Norway at least since the 17th century.
List of heads of mission Ministers to Norway 1905–1910: Sir Arthur Herbert, GCVO 1911–1923: Sir Mansfeldt Findlay, GBE, KCMG 1923–1929: Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Lindley, GCMG, CB, CBE 1929–1934: Sir Charles Wingfield, KCMG 1934–1942: Sir Cecil Dormer, KCMG
Ambassador to the Norwegian government in exile 1942–1945: Sir Laurence Collier, KCMG
Ambassadors to Norway 1945–1951: Sir Laurence Collier, KCMG 1951–1955: Sir Michael Wright, GCMG 1955–1960: Sir Peter Scarlett, KCMG, KCVO 1961–1962: Sir John Walker, KCMG 1963–1965: Sir Patrick Hancock, GCMG 1965–1968: Sir Ian Dixon Scott, KCMG, KCVO, CIE 1968–1972: Frank Brenchley, CMG 1972–1975: Ralph Selby, CMG 1975–1977: Sir Peter Scott, KBE, CMG 1978–1980: Sir Archie Lamb, KBE, CMG, DFC 1981–1983: Dame Gillian Brown, DCVO, CMG 1983–1987: Sir William Bentley, KCMG 1987–1990: Sir John Robson, KCMG 1990–1994: Sir David Ratford, KCMG, CVO 1994–1998: Mark Elliott, CMG 1998–2002: Sir Richard Dales, KCVO, CMG 2002–2006: Mariot Leslie, CMG 2006–2010: David Powell 2010–2014: Jane Owen 2014–2018: Sarah GillettHM Ambassador Sarah Gillett presents credentials to His Majesty King Harald V, British Embassy Oslo, 28 August 2014 2018–2023: Richard Wood
2023–: Jan Thompson, CMG, OBE
British consuls in Oslo 1686–? Daniel Butts, honorary 1834–1844 George Mygind, honorary 1844–? Sir John Rice Crowe (consul-general), honorary
1906-1910 Francis Edward Drummond Hay 1926–1931 Christopher Lintrup Paus, CBE
References
External links UK and Norway, gov.uk