Norway

Name: Charles H. Graves
State of Residency: Minnesota
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 8, 1905
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1905
Termination of Mission: Functions with respect to Norway ceased, Aug 6, 1906
Note: Commissioned to Sweden and Norway; resident at Stockholm; on Nov 14, 1905, acknowledged instructions to exercise the functions of his office toward Norway separately.
Name: Herbert H. D. Peirce
State of Residency: Massachusetts
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 22, 1906
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 13, 1906
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, May 30, 1911

Name: Laurits S. Swenson
State of Residency: Minnesota
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 27, 1911
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1911
Termination of Mission: Presented recall, Oct 4, 1913

Name: Albert G. Schmedemann
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 21, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 29, 1921

Name: Laurits S. Swenson
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 8, 1921
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 28, 1921
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 9, 1930

Name: Hoffman Philip
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1930
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 15, 1930
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 3, 1935
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Dec 16, 1930.

Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 22, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 7, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post May 21, 1937

Name: Florence Jaffray Harriman
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 4, 1937
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 1, 1937
Termination of Mission: The Government of Norway left Oslo, Apr 9, 1940, in anticipation of German occupation ; Harriman left Norway, Apr 22, 1940

Note: Raymond E. Cox was serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Oslo was closed, Jul 15, 1940. Rudolf E. Schoenfeld opened the Legation near the Government of Norway established in England, making his initial call as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim on Aug 2, 1940.

Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 11, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 20, 1941
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Served near the Government of Norway established in England; commissioned also to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London.

Name: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: May 13, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left London, Dec 1, 1943
Note: Served near the Government of Norway established in England; commissioned also to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London.

Name: Lithgow Osborne
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 20, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left Oslo, Apr 20, 1946
Note: Served near the Government of Norway established in England; resident first at London; transferred the Embassy to Oslo, May 31, 1945.

Name: Charles Ulrick Bay
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 6, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 26, 1946
Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated, Jul 31, 1953

Name: L. Corrin Strong
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 24, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 10, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 16, 1957

Name: Frances E. Willis
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 20, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 19, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left post May 15, 1961

Name: Clifton R. Wharton
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 2, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 18, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 4, 1964

Name: Margaret Joy Tibbetts
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 31, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post May 23, 1969

Name: Philip K. Crowe
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 1, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 23, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 31, 1973

Name: Thomas R. Byrne
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 4, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 10, 1976

Name: William A. Anders
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 13, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 18, 1977

Name: Louis A. Lerner
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 15, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 23, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 28, 1980

Name: Sidney Anders Rand
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 20, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 4, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 14, 1981

Name: Mark Evans Austad
State of Residency: Arizona
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 11, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 5, 1982
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 15, 1984

Name: Robert D. Stuart
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 18, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 16, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 17, 1989

Name: Loret Miller Ruppe
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 7, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 29, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 28, 1993

Name: Thomas A. Loftus
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Non career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 4, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 18, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 22, 1997

Name: David B. Hermelin
State of Residency: Michigan
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 8, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jan 7, 2000

Name: Robin Chandler Duke
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 1, 2001
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; a later nomination of Sep 28, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: John D. Ong
State of Residency: Ohio
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 30, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 21, 2005