Olav Søfteland

Olav Søfteland (born 8 November 1937) is a Norwegian civil servant.

Hailing from Søfteland in Os, he is a siv.ing. from the Norwegian Institute of Technology by education. In 1960 he was hired in the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads, and was eventually promoted to director in 1992. Scheduled to retire as a pensioner in late 2007, he was forced to resign some months early due to the December 2006 Hanekleiv Tunnel scandal.[1]

References
  1. "Søfteland, Olav". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
Political offices
Preceded by
Eskild Jensen		 Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads
1992–2007		 Succeeded by
Terje Moe Gustavsen


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