Jostein Helge Bernhardsen
Jostein Helge Bernhardsen (born 18 June 1945) is a Norwegian diplomat. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973. He served as head of department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2001, and was the Norwegian ambassador to Ukraine from 2001 to 2006 and to Belgium from 2006 to 2011. Bernhardsen was named a Knight 1st class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 2002.