About Johan Zeier Cappelen
Lived 1913 – 2007 (aged 93). Johan Zeier Cappelen was a Norwegian jurist, diplomat, consultant and goodwill ambassador.
Johan Zeier Cappelen (18 December 1913 – 16 September 2007) was a Norwegian jurist and ambassador.
He was born in Vang Municipality in Hedmark, as a son of Hans Blom Cappelen (1879–1965) and a brother of Andreas Zeier Cappelen. The brothers were members of Mot Dag in the 1930s.
He served as Norwegian ambassador to Brazil from 1960 to 1962, Iceland from 1962 to 1965 and Yugoslavia from 1970. In the latter post he also had ambassador credentials to Bulgaria and from 1971 to Albania. He was a board member of , a predecessor of Norad, from 1965 to 1969. He was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1972, and with the Grand Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon.
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Who was Johan Zeier Cappelen?
Norwegian jurist and diplomat (1913-2007)
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Johan Zeier Cappelen was born on 18 December 1913 in Vang Municipality.
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Johan Zeier Cappelen died on 16 September 2007 in Oslo Municipality.
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Johan Zeier Cappelen was a jurist, diplomat, consultant and goodwill ambassador.
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Johan Zeier Cappelen was Norwegian.
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