Jan Edmund Nyheim (born 6 October 1933) is a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Fræna, and is a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1961. He was a special adviser in polar affairs from 1983, and deputy under-secretary of state in the polar department in 1984. He then served as the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1987 to 1993, to Italy from 1993 to 1996 and to Spain from 1996 to 2000.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Jan Edmund Nyheim". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
Diplomatic posts Preceded byHelge Vindenes Norwegian ambassador to Spain 1996–2000 Succeeded byKjell-Martin Fredriksen