Tim Greve was a Norwegian historian, biographer, civil servant, diplomat and newspaper editor.
13 Facts About Tim Greve
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Tim Greve's brother Egil Gade Greve was a notable businessman, and Tim Greve was a distant descendant of Arent Jansen Greve.
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Tim Greve attended the Nansen Academy, and then studied history at the University of Oslo, graduating in 1952.
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Tim Greve was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1951 to 1974.
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Tim Greve served as Norwegian delegate to NATO and to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and was later secretary for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Halvard Lange.
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Tim Greve was two years at the Norwegian embassy in Bonn, and later served as Secretary for the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliament of Norway.
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Tim Greve then returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as assistant secretary from 1966 to 1967 and deputy under-secretary of state from 1967 to 1974.
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Tim Greve served as Director for the Norwegian Nobel Institute from 1974 to 1977 and Secretary for the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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Tim Greve was chief editor for the newspaper Verdens Gang from 1978 to 1986.
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In 1978, two long-serving co-editors Oskar Hasselknippe and Vegard Sletten resigned, but Tim Greve had Andreas Norland as a co-editor.
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Tim Greve was succeeded by Helge Seip on 1 January 1986.
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Tim Greve wrote two volumes on World War II in Bergen, Bergen i krig I-II, and a book on espionage in Norway prior to the war, Spionjakt i Norge.
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Tim Greve was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1968 as well as Commander, First Class of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.