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List of ambassadors of Russia to Norway
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The ambassador of Russia to Norway is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the king and the government of Norway.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Russian embassy in Oslo.[1] There are consulates general in Kirkenes and Barentsburg, Svalbard.[2] The current Russian ambassador to Norway is Nikolai Korchunov, incumbent since 1 October 2024.[3]
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History of diplomatic relations
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For much of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, Norway was part of larger political entities, as Denmark–Norway between 1537 and 1814, and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905. With the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, the Russian Empire became one of the first countries to recognise the newly independent Norway.[4] A diplomatic mission was opened in the capital, then named Kristiania, and starting from the first representative, Anatoly Krupensky, ambassadors were exchanged for the next twelve years.[5][6] Representation was maintained following the February Revolution in 1917 which brought the Russian Provisional Government, and following the October Revolution later that year, Norway recognised the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[7] Representatives were changed after the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922. In 1940, Norway was invaded and occupied by German forces, causing a break in diplomatic relations. Following the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, and the Soviet entry to the war on the Allied side, diplomatic relations were established with the Norwegian government-in-exile as part of the Soviet Embassy to the Allied Governments, with Aleksandr Bogomolov serving as ambassador.[8]
With the German defeat and the return of the government to Norway, Nikolai Kuznetsov was appointed the new ambassador to Norway. Relations were maintained through the rest of the existence of the Soviet Union. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Norway was the first western state to recognise the Russian Federation as its successor state, on 16 December 1991.[4] The incumbent Soviet ambassador, Anatoly Tishchenko, continued in post as the Russian ambassador until 1995.[8]
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List of representatives of Russia to Norway (1905–present)
Russian Empire to Norway (1905–1917)
Russian Provisional Government to Norway (1917)
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to Norway (1917–1922)
Soviet Union to Norway (1922–1991)
Russian Federation to Norway (1991–present)
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