Background
Frydenlund was born in Drammen and began his diplomatic career in the 1950s, initially serving at the Norwegian embassy in Bonn, and served in various diplomatic positions during the "50s and the 1960s.
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Frydenlund was born in Drammen and began his diplomatic career in the 1950s, initially serving at the Norwegian embassy in Bonn, and served in various diplomatic positions during the "50s and the 1960s.
Degree in Law, Oslo University, 1950.
With Norwegian Foreign Service, 1953. Secretary Norwegian Embassy, Bonn, 1953—1955. Secretary to counselor Foreign Ministry, 1956—1962.
Press counselor Norwegian Embassy, Brussels, 1962—1963. Permanent representative Council Europe, 1963—1965. Section head Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1966—1969.
Consultant Labour Party Research Office, 1967—1969. Member, executive committee Labour Party, Oslo, 1968—1974, chairman, international committee, 1971—1973. Member Parliament Oslo, 1969—1985.
Member delegate Consultative Assembly, Council Europe, 1970—1973, Minister Foreign Affairs, Norway, 1973—1981, chairman, standing committee defense, since 1981, member delegate, since 1986.
In 1969 he was elected to parliament as a member of the Norwegian Labour Party, and he became foreign minister in the Labour government in 1973.
Married Grethe Nilsen. Children: Hans Jacob, Thomas, Jens Christian.
