Ingrid Schulerud
| Ingrid Schulerud | |
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Ingrid Schulerud in 2009.
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| 21st Norwegian Ambassador to Belgium | |
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Assumed office 17 April 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Niels Engelschiøn |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Norway | |
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In office 17 October 2005 – 16 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Bjørg Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Sindre Finnes |
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In office 3 March 2000 – 19 October 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Bjørg Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Bjørg Bondevik |
| Personal details | |
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8 July 1959 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Jens Stoltenberg (m.1987) |
| Children | 2 |
Ingrid Schulerud (born 8 July 1959) is a Norwegian diplomat.
Schulerud was appointed by Norwegian Royal Resolution as the Ambassador to Belgium on 17 April 2015.
Schulerud is the daughter of Mentz Schulerud, an author and radio personality well known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of their home city of Oslo. Her aunt—Mentz' sister—was the children’s book author Anne-Cath. Vestly.
Schulerud attended Oslo Cathedral School, where she met Jens when they were both 17 years old. Here, she defeated her future husband in the election for Representative to the National Students’ Union, running for the Socialist Left Party.
Schulerud is married to Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, and the former Norwegian Prime Minister. Being the spouse of the Norwegian Prime Minister during two different periods of time, (2000–2001 and 2005–2013), she has chosen a somewhat withdrawn social position. During the first period she did not accompany her husband on any official state visits for over a year, until they visited India together in April 2001. In general though, she has chosen to stay out of the media's scrutiny primarily to shield her children. The couple have a son and a daughter.
After travels in Latin America, Schulerud wanted to work for developmental organisations; however, she was engaged by the Ministry of International Development to study the environmental impact of World Bank projects. This led her to break off her ongoing Master's Degree, and undergo the basic training for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that she finished in 1988.
In 1990, while she was stationed at the Norwegian embassy in Budapest, Hungary, her husband was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment, and this caused her return home to Norway. Subsequently she has held different positions in the Ministry, mostly with matters relating to the Baltic countries and Central Europe.
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