Photo: HLundgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁶

Berit Svendsen

Norwegian engineer and business executive

Berit Svendsen (born 7 April 1963) is a Norwegian engineer and business executive. As of September 2015, she is a vice president of the Telenor Group and head of Telenor Norway.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Berit Svendsen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 7, 1963.¹

Companies

VyChair Jun 15, 2020 to now¹⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology^{3 4}
Date not recordedNorwegian Institute of Technology³
Date not recordedNorwegian University of Science and Technology^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: engineer.⁷

Since 2020Chair, Vy⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Telenor^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences⁵

Personal life

CitizenshipNorway⁸

Svendsen is married to Erik Østbye (who also works at Telenor), and has two adopted children from Chile. Her interests include cooking (especially Thai dishes), swimming in the sea, water aerobics, reading and history. She enjoys relaxing in her summerhouse on one of the Hvaler islands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Berit Svendsen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

2016Inspiring Fifty Europe^{9 13}
2016Inspiring Fifty Nordic^{9 12}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2012^{9 10}
Date not recordedNorway's 100 Most Powerful Women 2021^{9 11}

Sources

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WikidataBerit Svendsen on Wikidata
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WikipediaBerit Svendsen on Wikipedia
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: Worked at Telenor, on Wikidata
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: Chair, Vy, on Wikidata
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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Wikidataaward, as reported by Kapital (magazine)
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataBerit Svendsen: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataVy, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsBerit Svendsen photo by HLundgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0