Born in Oslo on June 28, 1963
Johan Vibe joined the Legal Department of the Norwegian Foreign Service in 1989.
He worked for two years with the team preparing the Jan Mayen maritime delimitation case at The International Court in The Hague. From 1992 to 1995, he was posted to Costa Rica, where he worked with all the Central American republics. From 1995 to 1997, he was posted at the Norwegian delegation to NATO. In 1998, he joined the cabinet of the Foreign Minister, and served as a special advisor. From 2001 to 2005, he was the head of mission of the Norwegian Embassy in Havana, Cuba. From 2005 to 2009, he worked as a Special Envoy and later Deputy Director General and head of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation with responsibility for a number of Norwegian mediation, engagement and dialogue efforts, including Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Colombia and Haiti. From 2009 to 2012, he was the Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC. He is presently the Ambassador of Norway to the Kingdom of Spain.
Johan Vibe has a degree in law, French and political science from the University of Oslo.
He is the co-author of several books on Nordic and European integration. He speaks English, Spanish, French, and Norwegian and has some knowledge of German.
Johan Vibe is married to Anita Vibe (graduated from the University of Oslo and language teacher in Spanish and French). They have six children.