Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Norway and Iceland

Authentic diplomat who is not afraid of challenges. Sjoerd has been working at the embassy in Oslo since 2021, and focusses on political and economic affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Head of Mission in Khartoum, Sudan.

 

Sjoerd started his carreer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001 after completing a masters degree International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), International Relations and International Organization at the University of Groningen, and undergraduate studies in Scandinavian Languages and Cultures at the University of Groningen.

 

Sjoerd worked in arms control at the Security Policy Department, peacebuilding in Sudan, and on African political and economic integration at the Netherlands’ Permanent Representation to the African Union in Addis Ababa, and has helped shape the Dutch Aid and Trade agenda between 2013 and 2017.