Øyvind Nordsletten is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Time

Time, Norway

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. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1974. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Ukraine

Ukraine

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 from 1992 to 1996, deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister

Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister

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 from 1998 to 1999, Norwegian ambassador to Russia

Russia

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 from 2000 to 2008 and to Ireland

Ireland

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 from 2008 to 2011. In 2011 he was assigned the position as the Norwegian Consul General in Murmansk, Russia. In 2000 he was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.