{{Short description|Norwegian civil servant and diplomat}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Christian Syse | image = Christian Syse 2017.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1962|9|30|df=y}} | birth_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = {{ubl | *Norwegian School of Economics *Yale University }} | occupation = Civil servant and diplomat | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Siv Nordrum | partner = | children = | father = Jan P. Syse | relatives = Henrik Syse (brother) | awards = }}
'''Christian Syse''' (born 30 September 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant and diplomat.
He is the son of Else and former prime minister of Norway Jan P. Syse and a brother of Henrik Syse. He was educated at the Norwegian School of Economics and at Yale University.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian Syse |first1=Sten |last1=Lundbo |first2=Marte Ericsson |last2=Ryste |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Christian_Syse |language=no |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
Syse served at the Office of the Prime Minister from 1998 to 2003 and then as head of the international department and secretary to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Norwegian parliament. From 2008 to 2011 he was director general (ekspedisjonssjef) for European affairs and trade policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 2011 deputy secretary general (assisterende utenriksråd) of the Foreign service.<ref name=snl/>
In December 2016 he was appointed ambassador and head of the Norwegian embassy in Stockholm,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/offisielt-fra-statsrad-16.-desember-2016/id2524563/ |website= |title=Offisielt fra statsråd 16. desember 2016 |date= 16 December 2016|language=no |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> effective from March 2017.<ref name=snl/> He is presently the MFA special representative for Ukraine.
Syse was married to Siv Nordrum, a journalist, communications director and politician.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Siv Nordrum |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Siv_Nordrum |language=no |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> She died in April 2021 after a brief illness.<ref name="tjoflot">{{cite web |last=Tjoflot |first=Eirin |date=27 April 2021 |title=Siv Nordrum er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/siv-nordrum-er-dod-1.15472639 |access-date=27 April 2021 |website=nrk.no |language=no}}</ref>
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