Bjørn Barth

Bjørn Barth (born 22 March 1931 – 1 May 2014) was a Norwegian diplomat and ambassador.

Biography He was born at Sandefjord in Vestfold, Norway. He entered the Norwegian Foreign Service in 1959. He served in numerous positions including with the embassy in Brussels (1973-1977), with Norway's delegation to the OECD in Paris 1975-1976 and the Embassy of Washington, D.C. (1977-1981). He also served as the Norwegian ambassador to Baghdad (1981-82), to the OECD in Paris (1989-93), to Athens (1993-96) and at The Hague (1996-99).