Researching Rolf Andersen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 167 people with the Andersen surname? In that year Andersen was ranked number 3412 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rolf means "See RALPH or RUDOLF" and is of German origin.
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Some Famous People called Rolf Andersen
Rolf Erling Andersen
Rolf Erling Andersen (3 July 1947 – 7 August 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to Skien city council in 1983, and served as mayor in 1993, 1995–1999 and 2003–2011. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. In total he met during 123 days of parliamentary session. He was a central board member of the Labour Party from 1995 to 2003.
He worked in the power company Skiensfjordens kommunale kraftselskap. He died in August 2021.
Source: Rolf Erling Andersen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRolf Trolle Andersen
Rolf Trolle Andersen (born 14 March 1945) is a Norwegian diplomat.
He was born in Oslo as a son of diplomat Rolf Andersen and maternal grandson of Danish polar explorer Alf Trolle. He is cand.jur. from the University of Oslo and has the CEP from the Institut de Sciences Politiques. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971.
From 1973 to 1976 Trolle Andersen was posted as Secretary of Embassy in Canada. In 1979 he was named First Secretary of Embassy in Greece. In the 1980s he was Special Advisor for Polar Affairs and travelled to and reached the South Pole in 1985. He served as Norwegian Ambassador to Romania from 1990 to 1994 and then succeeded Terje Rød-Larsen as Special Middle East Coordinator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1994. In 1997 Trolle Andersen was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to Greece. In 1998, he became Norwegian Ambassador to France after Knut Vollebæk, who had been appointed in 1997, had instead become Minister of Foreign Affairs. Trolle Andersen remained in France until 2003, then was briefly Norwegian Ambassador to Austria in 2004 before serving as Lord Chamberlain at the Norwegian Royal Court from 2004 to 2008. In 2008 he became Ambassador to Switzerland, side-accredited to Liechtenstein and The Holy See. He retired in September 2013 and presently resides in France.
Source: Rolf Trolle Andersen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Andersen
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