List of ambassadors of the United States to Norway
List of Ambassadors
Table:
Name

Portrait

State

Appointment

Presentation

Termination

Appointer

Notes

Charles H. Graves

Minnesota

March 8, 1905

May 31, 1905

August 6, 1906

Theodore Roosevelt

Left post

Herbert H. D. Peirce

Massachusetts

June 22, 1906

August 13, 1906

May 30, 1911

Left post

Laurits S. Swenson

Minnesota

April 27, 1911

June 10, 1911

October 4, 1913

William H. Taft

Left post

Albert G. Schmedeman

Wisconsin

July 21, 1913

October 4, 1913

July 29, 1921

Woodrow Wilson

Left post

Laurits S. Swenson

Minnesota

October 8, 1921

November 28, 1921

November 9, 1930

Warren G. Harding

Left post

Hoffman Philip

New York

July 22, 1930

November 15, 1930

August 3, 1935

Herbert Hoover

Left post

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.

Pennsylvania

July 22, 1935

September 7, 1935

May 21, 1937

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Left post

Florence Jaffray Harriman

New York

May 4, 1937

July 1, 1937

April 22, 1940

Left Norway because of WWII, first female ambassador to Norway

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.

Pennsylvania

February 11, 1941

March 20, 1941

December 1, 1943

Left London, where the government of Norway went into exile

Lithgow Osborne

New York

September 21, 1944

December 20, 1944

April 20, 1946

Left post

Charles Ulrick Bay

New York

June 6, 1946

July 26, 1946

July 31, 1953

Harry S. Truman

Left post

Lester Corrin Strong

District of Columbia

June 24, 1953

August 10, 1953

February 16, 1957

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Left post

Frances E. Willis

California

May 20, 1957

June 19, 1957

May 15, 1961

Left post

Clifton R. Wharton, Sr.

California

March 2, 1961

April 18, 1961

September 4, 1964

John F. Kennedy

Left post

Margaret Joy Tibbetts

Maine

July 31, 1964

October 6, 1964

May 23, 1969

Lyndon B. Johnson

Left post

Philip K. Crowe

Maryland

May 1, 1969

June 23, 1969

August 31, 1973

Richard Nixon

Left post

Thomas Ryan Byrne

Pennsylvania

August 3, 1973

October 4, 1973

April 10, 1976

Left post

William A. Anders

Virginia

April 13, 1976

May 11, 1976

June 18, 1977

Gerald R. Ford

Left post

Louis A. Lerner

Illinois

July 15, 1977

August 23, 1977

January 28, 1980

Jimmy Carter

Left post

Sidney Anders Rand

Minnesota

December 20, 1979

March 4, 1980

February 14, 1981

Left post

Mark Evans Austad

Arizona

December 11, 1981

January 5, 1982

September 15, 1984

Ronald Reagan

Left post

R. Douglas Stuart Jr.

Illinois

September 18, 1984

October 16, 1984

July 17, 1989

Left post

Loret Miller Ruppe

Maryland

August 7, 1989

August 29, 1989

February 28, 1993

George H. W. Bush

Left post

Thomas A. Loftus

Wisconsin

November 4, 1993

November 18, 1993

December 22, 1997

Bill Clinton

Left post

David Hermelin

Michigan

November 10, 1997

January 8, 1998

January 7, 2000

Left post

Robin Chandler Duke

New York

August 3, 2000

September 12, 2000

March 1, 2001

Left post

John D. Ong

Ohio

January 30, 2002

February 27, 2002

November 21, 2005

George W. Bush

Left post

Benson K. Whitney

Minnesota

November 2, 2005

January 12, 2006

June 20, 2009

Left post

Barry B. White

Massachusetts

September 23, 2009

November 5, 2009

September 28, 2013

Barack Obama

Left post

Samuel D. Heins

Minnesota

February 16, 2016

March 10, 2016

January 12, 2017

Left post

Kenneth Braithwaite

Pennsylvania

December 21, 2017

February 8, 2018

Incumbent

Donald Trump

In office

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