Iraq, and from 1965 Kuwait. From 1966 to 1973 he was the ambassador to Egypt/the United Arab Republic. The position also covered Sudan and Ethiopia from 1967, Lebanon from 1968 and Jordan from 1969. He issued the books Le Système des Mandats in 1945 and Frihetens gisler. Hjelpearbeidet for de norske fangene 1940–45 in 1971. He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of St. Olav (1952) and the Legion of Honour, and received the Grand Cross of the Order of George II, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria. He died in 1977 and was buried at Vestre gravlund. References 1903 births 1977 deaths League of Nations people Norwegian people of World War II Norwegian civil servants Norwegian non-fiction writers Ambassadors of Norway to Switzerland Ambassadors of Norway to Austria Ambassadors of Norway to West Germany Ambassadors of Norway to Czechoslovakia Ambassadors of Norway to Hungary Ambassadors of Norway to Greece Ambassadors of Norway to Turkey Ambassadors of Norway to Iraq Ambassadors of Norway to Kuwait Ambassadors of Norway to Egypt Ambassadors of Norway to Sudan Ambassadors of Norway to Ethiopia Ambassadors of Norway to Lebanon Ambassadors of Norway to Jordan Norwegian expatriates in France Peter Martin Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria Burials at Vestre gravlund 20th-century Norwegian writers Norwegian officials of the United Nations 20th-century non-fiction writers