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In 1993 he completed a bicycle pilgrimage to Mecca.
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He has served in Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, Chile and Peru. The Danish government strongly supported the United States-led invasion of Iraq, 2003, and in what was seen as recognition of the Scandinavian country"s support for the coalition, Olsen was appointed to the position as coordinator for one of the four United States.-led provisional authorities, that in Southern Iraq, stationed in Basra. The other three coordinators were United States Americans.
Olsen has however criticized his United States superiors in Baghdad for the lack of support for his reconstruction efforts, and for providing him with too little assistance, for instance on security back-up.
He was suddenly replaced on July 28, three and a half months before his contract was due to education He then returned to his former posting in Damascus as the Danish ambassador to Syria.
After Syria, he returned to Denmark, where he worked at the Danish Institute of International Studies for 1 year as a senior consultant. In 2006 he was sent on his latest posting.
As the Danish ambassador to Algeria.
