Jørgen Finne-Grønn

Jørgen Magnus Finne-Grønn (30 July 1905 – 3 October 1998) was a Norwegian diplomat.

Early life and family He was born in Kristiania as a son of genealogist Stian Herlofsen Finne-Grønn (1869–1953) and Margrethe Borchgrevink (1873–1963). He was a brother of painter Hans Finne-Grønn and a grandson of Sofie Borchgrevink. 1947 he married Margareta Christiansen, a daughter of businessperson Christian Christiansen. During his time as ambassador to Czechoslovakia, there was a spying scandal. Czechoslovak citizen Vladimír Veselý was convicted for spying for Norway, and sentenced to 25 years of prison. Veselý had allegedly had contact with Norwegian intelligence officer Einar Nord Stenersen, who had indeed been dispatched to the Norwegian embassy, officially to locate surveillance bugs (which he did), but Finne-Grønn was aware of the clandestine nature of Stenersen's work.

Decorations Finne-Grønn was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav (1967) and the Order of the Polar Star, Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Ecuador and held the Grand Cross of the Order of the Merit of Chile.