Arthur Mørch Hansson

Arthur Mørch Hansson (23 June 1910 – 4 January 1969) was a Norwegian diplomat. Taking part as a soldier in the Norwegian Campaign, and subsequently in organising of resistance against the German occupation of Norway, he then initiated a diplomatic career.

Personal life Hansson was born in Kristiania on 23 June 1910 to judge Michael Hansson and Minnie Christensen. He married Jette Emilie Gad in 1939. He was a brother of Knut Mørch Hansson. reaching England in 1943. From 1944 to 1945 he served as Norwegian attaché in Ottawa and Montreal. He was stationed as legation secretary in Lisbon in 1946, and assumed a position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1948. He was legation secretary in Warsaw in 1949, and served as vice consul in New York City from 1950, and as consul from 1952. In 1960 he was ambassador to Lagos, and from 1964 was consul general in Montreal.