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In a system of states where diplomacy takes the form of permanent representation between sovereigns, there will be a diplomatic corps - the foreign diplomats understood as a collective, and accompanied by spouses, children, hangers-on and accredited supporting staff. The diplomatic corps will have the hosting state and society as their key constitutive others. The article traces the emergence of a diplomatic corps in Norway following the event of state sovereignty in 1905. The state, which here means the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its capacity of hosting institution, had some teething trouble in its new role. During the first decades, there was also considerable tension between the foreign diplomats and the capital's population. The ar-ticle tells this story and observes that this kind of tension has now almost evaporated. We suggest that this is not only due to the changes in diplomatic personnel following more democratic recruiting patterns to diplomacy worldwide. In the early days, diplomats were conspicuously present in the way they filled the role of strangers in Norwegian society. Today, they keep a lower profile and are up against a lot more competition, hence are less conspicuous.
Keywords: Corps diplomatic/diplomacy/intercultural relations/dogs
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