Walter Mondale to be Norway's Consul General in Minneapolis

    WASHINGTON and OSLO, Norway, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former
 US Vice President Walter F. Mondale has, at the request of Foreign Minister
 Jonas Gahr Store, agreed to be Norway's Honorary Consul General in
 Minneapolis.
 
 
 
     "I am delighted that Vice President Mondale has agreed to our request.
 Mr Mondale's personality, unique experience and roots in the
 Norwegian-American community will help to further develop the longstanding
 and important relations and shared interests between Norway and the
 Midwest," says Mr Store.
 
 
 
     Over the next few weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will, together
 with Mr Mondale, establish the practical framework for his tasks and the
 continued work to set up the Consulate General in Minneapolis so that it
 will be able to maintain and further develop the important ties between
 Norway and the Midwest.
 
 
 
     "With a new organization, and Walter Mondale as Honorary Consul
 General, the Consulate General will facilitate the important research,
 education and business cooperation between Norway and the Midwest. I am
 confident that Mr Mondale, with his ties to Norway and broad background,
 will promote our shared Norwegian-American history and culture in the
 Midwest," says Mr Store.
 
 
 
     Walter Mondale (79) was US Vice President from 1977 to 1981, and
 presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1984. He was US Ambassador to
 Japan from 1993 to 1996. From 1964 to 1976, he represented Minnesota in the
 Senate. He has also been Attorney General of the state of Minnesota. He has
 close ties to Norway. His family originally comes from Mundal on the west
 coast of Norway. He has, for many years, been a member of the Executive
 Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, which holds annual conferences
 with the support of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He has a law degree and
 has worked as a lawyer for many years. Mr Mondale is married, has three
 grown-up children and is living in Minneapolis.
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCE Embassy of Norway

    WASHINGTON and OSLO, Norway, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former
 US Vice President Walter F. Mondale has, at the request of Foreign Minister
 Jonas Gahr Store, agreed to be Norway's Honorary Consul General in
 Minneapolis.
 
 
 
     "I am delighted that Vice President Mondale has agreed to our request.
 Mr Mondale's personality, unique experience and roots in the
 Norwegian-American community will help to further develop the longstanding
 and important relations and shared interests between Norway and the
 Midwest," says Mr Store.
 
 
 
     Over the next few weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will, together
 with Mr Mondale, establish the practical framework for his tasks and the
 continued work to set up the Consulate General in Minneapolis so that it
 will be able to maintain and further develop the important ties between
 Norway and the Midwest.
 
 
 
     "With a new organization, and Walter Mondale as Honorary Consul
 General, the Consulate General will facilitate the important research,
 education and business cooperation between Norway and the Midwest. I am
 confident that Mr Mondale, with his ties to Norway and broad background,
 will promote our shared Norwegian-American history and culture in the
 Midwest," says Mr Store.
 
 
 
     Walter Mondale (79) was US Vice President from 1977 to 1981, and
 presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1984. He was US Ambassador to
 Japan from 1993 to 1996. From 1964 to 1976, he represented Minnesota in the
 Senate. He has also been Attorney General of the state of Minnesota. He has
 close ties to Norway. His family originally comes from Mundal on the west
 coast of Norway. He has, for many years, been a member of the Executive
 Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, which holds annual conferences
 with the support of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He has a law degree and
 has worked as a lawyer for many years. Mr Mondale is married, has three
 grown-up children and is living in Minneapolis.
 
 
 
 
 SOURCE Embassy of Norway