Hans Goksøyr

Who is Hans Goksøyr?

Hans Goksøyr is a Norwegian businessperson in the petroleum industry.

He was born in Eidsvoll, and took his secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School in 1943. He then enrolled in the Royal Norwegian Air Force in-exile in Canada, serving in World War II. After the war he returned to Norway, enrolling at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1946. He graduated in 1951, and then worked as a research assistant and fellow until 1954. In 1955 he was hired in Shell Norway, advancing to director of planning, public relations and environment in his later career. He left Shell in 1984, and was secretary-general in the Norwegian Petroleum Institute from 1985 to 1989.

Goksøyr is also an amateur painter, and in 1954 he was represented with two works at the national Autumn Exhibit, Høstutstillingen. Other hobbies include golf and giving lectures. He settled at Nesøya in 1963, is married and has two sons.