Ove Thorsheim

Thor Ove Home (* May 30, 1949 in Norway) is a Norwegian diplomat. He is since 2011 the Norwegian Ambassador to Portugal.

Life

Ove Thorsheim worked as a sailor in the international shipping industry. He studied French history at the University of Bergen and graduated in 1976 with a masters. After his studies he worked on a drilling platform in the North Sea.

Thor Ove Home is married and has two sons.

Diplomatic career

From 1977 until 2000 Ove Thorsheim worked for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in various positions, both in Oslo and in abroad appeals to South Africa (Vice Consul at the Consulate in Cape Town from 1981 to 1984 ), Switzerland ( Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the Office the United Nations in Geneva from 1984 to 1986 ) and France.

His first mission as ambassador he had from 2000 to 2005 as Ambassador to Australia. As the Norwegian ambassador to Australia, he was mitakkreditiert for the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea (since October 2002), New Zealand and Tonga. During the refugee situation in 2001, which caused a crisis in relations between Norway and Australia, Thor home visited the involved vessel Tampa, was denied on Australian territory docking, as it had taken hazarische refugees in distress.

He moved from Australia as ambassador to South Africa. There he was mitakkreditiert for Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia. From 2007 to 2011 he was Director-General and Chief of Protocol at the Department of Culture, diplomacy and protocol at the Foreign Ministry in Oslo. Since October 2011, he is the successor of Inga Magistad Ambassador of Norway in Lisbon, in May 2012, he was mitakkreditiert for Cape Verde. As ambassador to Portugal, he is also responsible for Guinea- Bissau.

Awards

• 2002: Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
• 2006: Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
• 2008: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique
• 2011: Grand Commander of the Order of merit for Lithuania (UZ nuopelnus Lietuvai )