Svein Gjedrem

Who is Svein Gjedrem?

Svein Ingvar Gjedrem 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 1975–1979 and in the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1998. He served two terms as Central Bank Governor from 1999-2010. In June 2011, Gjedrem got his position as permanent under-secretary of the Ministry of Finance back.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Gjedrem played football for Viking and Lyn.

Gjedrem¨s successor as Governor of the Central Bank of Norway was Øystein Olsen who was appointed in October 2010 and took over on January 1, 2011.

Gjedrem has accepted a part time position at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and started teaching in 2011.