Jan Petersen speaking to survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake along with volunteers and embassy staff at the Norwegian Ambassador's residence in Bangkok on January 8, 2005

Jan Petersen (born June 11, 1946) is a Norwegian diplomat and politician. He is Candidate of Law 1973 from the University of Oslo, member of the Parliament since 1981, leader of the Conservative Party from 1994 to 2004 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2001 to October 2005 in a coalition government led by Kjell Magne Bondevik from the Christian Democratic Party. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (361x640, 33 KB) Jan Petersen taken by User:KayEss Taken on the grounds of the Norwegian Ambassadors residence in Bangkok on January 18th 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (361x640, 33 KB) Jan Petersen taken by User:KayEss Taken on the grounds of the Norwegian Ambassadors residence in Bangkok on January 18th 2005. ... Animation of the tsunami caused by the earthquake (see also the full-length version) From NOAA/PMEL. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Wat Phra Kaew temple Bangkok Metropolitan Administration building Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep (กรุงเทพฯ), or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, IPA: ), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 1990 population of 8,538,610. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, norwegian ), modelled after the recently established University of Berlin. ... The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Høyre - Norwegian Conservative Party The Conservative Party (norwegian Høyre, H, meaning right) is a Norwegian party. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kjell Magne Bondevik (born September 3, 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ...