Famous People with Name Tormod

Tormod Granheim            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Tormod Granheim: is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing. On May 16, 2006 he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest North Face by the Norton Couloir.Tormod Granheim, his Swedish partner Tomas Olsson and photograph

Tormod Knutsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Tormod Knutsen: is a former Norwegian nordic combined athlete. He was born in Eidsvoll. Already as a 16 year old he became named to Hovedlandsrennet, and two years later Norwegian junior champion in Ski jumping. From the season 1954/55 he started with Nordic combined. He

Tormod Petter Svennevig            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Tormod Petter Svennevig: was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Centre Party. He started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1955, and was stationed at the embassy in SFR Yugoslavia from 1956 to 1958, Soviet Union from 1960 to 1963, the United Nations delegation from 1966 to 1968 and in the Soviet Union again from 1971 to 1972. In between he was stationed in Norway. From 1972 to 1973 he was a member of Korvald's Cabinet as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He represented the Centre Party and was also a member of Bærum municipal council and Akershus county council. He has thus been one of the very few diplomats to held an elected office in local politics in Norway. Svennevig was a member of the Defence Commission from 1974 to 1978. He was then the Norwegian ambassador to Iran from 1979 to 1982, and doubled as ambassador to Pakistan. Here, his tenure coincided with the Iranian hostage crisis. Then, after a period as a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Development Cooperation he was the Norwegian ambassador to Poland from 1986 to 1991. He was then the Norwegian ambassador to Hungary from 1991 to 1994, doubling as ambassador to Croatia.