Eivinn Berg
| Eivinn Berg link Geni (Diplomat, politician, deep state operative?) | |
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| Born | 31 July 1931 Sandefjord,Norway |
| Died | 23 September 2013 Norway |
Cause of death | car crash |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | Norwegian School of Economics |
| Party | Conservative Party (Norway) |
Norwegian diplomat involved in integrating Norway into the EU. Attended the 1985 Bilderberg as Permanent Representative of Norway to NATO. | |
Eivinn Berg was a Norwegian diplomat and suspected deep state operative who attended the 1985 Bilderberg.
Education
He was born in Sandefjord, and took a degree in economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
Career
He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1956. From 1963 he worked in the Norwegian delegation to GATT and EFTA in Geneva, then as a head of department in the EFTA Secretariat. From 1970 he was an embassy counsellor in Brussels, and negotiated the Norwegian membership in the European Economic Community. However, the membership was stopped by the 1972 referendum in Norway, and Berg left the foreign service.[1] He was the director of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association from 1973 to 1978.[2]
He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as sub-director, and was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state. From 1981 to 1984 he worked as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a part of Kåre Willoch's First Cabinet. He represented the government during the arms control negotiations in Geneva and took an active part in the debate around [[NATO Double-Track Decision] on the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe.
From 1984 to 1988 he was Norwegian ambassador to NATO, and from 1988 to 1996 he was the Norwegian ambassador to the European Union. His time here was spent in negotiations; first from 1989 to 1993 negotiating the European Economic Area and from 1993 to 1994 negotiating a possible EU membership. This too was hindered after a 1994 referendum. He also negotiated the conditions for the Schengen Area.[1]
In 1996 Berg left the foreign ministry for good, and became an adviser for corporations such as Statoil, Norske Skog and Statkraft. He was an adviser ahead of the accession of Slovenia to the European Union.[1]
He was decorated with the Belgian Order of the Crown (1974), the Order of Prince Henry (1980, Commander), the Orden del Mérito Civil (1982, Grand Cross), the Order of the Lion of Finland (1983), the Ordre national du Mérite (1984, Officier) and the Order of St. Olav (1987, Commander).
Death
He died in a car crash in Stokke in September 2013.[3]
References
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