Bjørn Tore Godal (born 20 January 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 and Minister of Defence from 2000–2001 in Stoltenberg's First Cabinet.

From 2003-2007 he was the Norwegian ambassador to Germany.

Since 2007, he has acted as special adviser to the Norwegian State Department in international energy and climate issues.

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