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Rune Bjerke

Norwegian politician, businessman (b. 1960)

Rune Bjerke (born 17 June 1960) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Labour Party.²

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

Born Jun 17, 1960.¹

About

Rune is son of Juul Bjerke and brother of Siri Bjerke. Bjerke studied economics at the University of Oslo, and has a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.

From 1992 to 1995 he was city commissioner (byråd) of finance in the city cabinet of Oslo. He has previously been advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, director in Scancem International and chief executive officer in Hafslund. From 2007 to 2019 he was chief executive officer of DNB.

He is the chairman of the board of Doorstep, and of both the Norwegian Financial Services Association and Finance Norway.

Bjerke is married to the Labour party politician Libe Rieber-Mohn.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rune Bjerke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Norsk HydroChair 2024 to now¹³
Reitan RetailChair¹⁴
Vipps MobilepayChair until 2020¹⁵
DNB BankChief executive officer 2007 to 2019¹⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Oslo³
Date not recordedJohn F. Kennedy School of Government³
Date not recordedBerg Upper Secondary School³

Career

Occupation: politician, entrepreneur, banker, economist.⁹

Since 2024Chair, Norsk Hydro⁸
Until 2020Chair, Vipps Holding⁶
Until 2020Chair, Vipps Mobilepay⁷
2007 to 2019Chief executive, DNB Bank⁴
Date not recordedChairperson, Reitan Retail⁵
Date not recordedChairperson, Wallenius Wilhelmsen⁵
Date not recordedChairperson, Norsk Hydro⁵

Personal life

BornJun 17, 1960, Oslo¹⁰
CitizenshipNorway¹¹
SpouseLibe Rieber-Mohn¹²

Sources

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WikidataRune Bjerke on Wikidata
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WikipediaRune Bjerke on Wikipedia
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WikidataRune Bjerke: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: Chief executive, DNB Bank, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: Chairperson, Reitan Retail, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: Chair, Vipps Holding, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: Chair, Vipps Mobilepay, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: Chair, Norsk Hydro, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataRune Bjerke: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataNorsk Hydro, Chair
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WikidataReitan Retail, Chair
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WikidataVipps Mobilepay, Chair
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WikidataDNB Bank, Chief executive officer
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Wikimedia CommonsRune Bjerke photo by Kjetil Ree, CC BY-SA 3.0