Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen (born 1941) is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Haugesund, and graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Bergen. He worked as a civil servant in Bergen municipality, the Norwegian Central Information Service, the Ministry of Church and Education, and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.[1] From September 1992 to June 1993 he was a political advisor for the Minister of Social Affairs in the third cabinet Brundtland.[2]

In 1993 he was appointed director of the Norwegian Central Information Service (Statens Informasjonstjeneste), succeeding Odd Strand who had reached the age limit.[1] The Norwegian Central Information Service no longer exists, as it was merged into Statskonsult in 2001.[3]

References
  1. Norwegian News Agency (8 June 1993). "Arne Simonsen ny direktør i Statens Informasjonstjeneste" (in Norwegian).
  2. Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government 3 November 1990 - 25 October 1996 - Government.no
  3. Statens Informasjonstjeneste on Caplex Encyclopedia
Preceded by
Odd Strand		 Director of the Norwegian Central Information Service
1993–2001		 Succeeded by
position abolished


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