News brief
New blood for the Norwegian embassy and Team Norway in Singapore
Harald Fries - Photo: Embassy of Sweden in Singapore
Embassy of Sweden in Singapore welcomes new Ambassador Harald Fries
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n a recent update, the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore welcomed their new Head Of Missions, Ambassador Harald Fries to the citystate. Prior to arriving in Singapore, Ambassador Harald Fries was the Ambassador of Sweden in the Philippines for five years. He will be posted briefly in Singapore as Acting Head of Mission and will return to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Stockholm in January. 14 ScandAsia • October 2021
New Ambassador-Designate, Eivind S. Homme arrives at the Norwegian Embassy in Singapore. -Photo: curtesy: the Norwegian Embassy in Singapore
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he now former Norwegian Ambassador in Singapore Anita Nergaard has ended her term after four years in the ambassador seat. She has now returned to Norway for new duties in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo. Departing the city-state, Ambassador Anita Nergaard thanked in a letter the Norwegian community, the embassy’s Singaporean partners, and all her colleagues and friends from across the globe for their support over these years. Replacing Anita Nergaard is the experienced Norwegian diplomat Eivind S. Homme. The Norwegian Embassy in Singapore welcomed their new Ambassador-Designate on the 20. September. Ambassador Eivind S. Homme is a career diplomat and has been with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, since 1984. Before his posting to Singapore, Mr. Homme was with the Norwegian Parliament where he held the position as Head of the International Depar tment. He has also
served as Special Advisor on Asian Affairs and ASEM Senior Official, and as Special Advisor on Global Health, for Norway’s Ministr y of Foreign Affairs. About ten years ago, Eivind S. Homme was also Norway’s ambassador to Indonesia, so he is no new-comer to the region. Team Norway in Singapore also welcomed two new faces to their commercial section at Innovation Norway. The new arrivals are Mr. Nee Ker, and Mr. Daniel Seow. Nee Ker is Innovation Norway’s new special advisor with a wide variety of skills in electronic design, software design, hospital planning & design, healthcare management, and delivery systems. Daniel Seow is the new senior market advisor within Maritime and offshore. Mr. Seow started his career in International Enterprise Singapore (now Enterprise Singapore), working in the Infrastructure Ser vices Division and responsible for the internationalization of the offshore and marine sector.
