Morten Wetland
- January 8, 2024
- Jurist
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Morten Wetland Biography
| Name | Morten Wetland |
| Birthday | May 12 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | Norway |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Children(s) | Anas Sarwar, Faiza Sarwar |
Morten Wetland is one of the most popular and richest Jurist who was born on May 12, 1951 in Norway, Norway.
Wetland graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in
- He was hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the same year, but left to work as a deputy judge in Grimstad from 1978 to 1979. From 1983 to 1983 he worked as a secretary at the Norwegian embassy in West Germany.
He then returned to Norway to work as a civil servant. He worked in the Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister from 1985 to 1990, except for a period between 1989 and 1990 when he worked as director of the legal department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1991 he was promoted to deputy under- secretary of State (ekspedisjonssjef) in the Office of the Prime Minister. In 1992 Wetland was responsible for coining the phrase Det er typisk norsk å være god, which translates to “It is typical for Norwegians to be clever”. The phrase was used in a New Year’s speech by then-Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, and quickly became famous in Norway.
Morten Wetland Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Jurist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Morten Wetland is one of the richest Jurist from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Morten Wetland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Morten Wetland (born 12 May 1951) is a Norwegian lobbyist, jurist, diplomat and politician for the Labour Party. He is a former State Secretary, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in New York.
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However, Bjarne Lindstrøm was himself a controversial person. In 2005 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came under scrutiny for the handling of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, a natural disaster that gravely affected Norwegian citizens abroad. An ad hoc commission was set up, with Jan Reinås as the leader and Wetland as a member. Its final report contained strong criticism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lindstrøm lost his position as permanent under-secretary, although he became Norway’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Wetland was publicly accused, by anonymous sources, of having a personal vendetta against Lindstrøm; however no sanctions were taken against this.
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Mouna Ranked on the list of most popular Jurist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Morten Wetland celebrates birthday on May 12 of every year.
In late February 2008 he was appointed as Norway’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. This was not uncontroversial. The foreign affairs administration had originally singled out another candidate, peace process veteran Mona Juul, who was the deputy leader of the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations at that time. Instead, Wetland was appointed.