Arild Eik

Arild Eik (16 September 1943 – 6 March 2009) was a Norwegian development aid worker and diplomat.

His first ambassador post was in Tanzania.{{cite news|title=Arild Eik (obituary)|last=Lund|first=Anne|date=19 March 2009|work=Aftenposten|language=Norwegian}} From 1996 to early 1997 he was acting director of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.

In the summer of 1997 he was promoted from assisting director of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation to Norwegian ambassador in Zimbabwe.{{cite news|title=Offisielt fra statsråd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=22 August 1997|language=Norwegian}} From February 1998 he was also the ambassador to Botswana, and from March 1998 he was also the ambassador to Mauritius.{{cite news|title=Offisielt fra statsråd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=13 February 1998|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Offisielt fra statsråd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=13 March 1998|language=Norwegian}} In 2002 he was moved to Malaysia, and from March 2003 he was also the ambassador to Brunei.{{cite news|title=Offisielt fra statsråd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=31 May 2002|language=Norwegian}}{{cite news|title=Offisielt fra statsråd|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=7 March 2003|language=Norwegian}}

He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1995. He died in March 2009.