Svein Gjedrem
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Svein_Gjedrem.jpg)
Svein Ingvar Gjedrem (born 25 January 1950 in Finnøy) is a Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.
He graduated in political economy from the University of Oslo in 1975, worked as a consultant in the Central Bank of Norway from 1975 to 1979 and in the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1998. He served two terms as Central Bank Governor from 1 January 1999.[1] In June 2011, Gjedrem got his position as permanent under-secretary of the Ministry of Finance back. He remained here until 2015.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s Gjedrem played football for Viking and Lyn.[1]
Gjedrem’s successor as Governor of the Central Bank of Norway was Øystein Olsen who was appointed in October 2010 and took over on 1 January 2011.[2]
Gjedrem has accepted a part-time position at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and started teaching in 2011.
References
Political offices | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by Arne Øien | Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance 1996–1998 | Succeeded by Tore Eriksen |
Preceded by Tore Eriksen | Permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance 2011–2015 | Succeeded by Hans Henrik Scheel |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by Kjell Storvik | Central Bank Governor of Norway 1999–2010 | Succeeded by Øystein Olsen |
- v
- t
- e
![]() ![]() | This biography about a Norwegian economist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e