Åge Danielsen (born 22 June 1942) is a

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civil servant. He was born in

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, and holds the

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degree in

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. He has been chief administrative officer for

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from 1980 to 1989, then permanent under-secretary of state in the

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from 1989 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he was the director of

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. He left in 1997 to become director of

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, and Tore Lorentzen served as acting director from February until Jon Blaalid was hired as new director in the summer. Danielsen was director of Rikshospitalet from 1997 to 2008, when he was fired. He resides at

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."60 år" (in Norwegian). ''

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'' 22 June 2002, p. 23

References

1942 births Living people Norwegian civil servants Directors of government agencies of Norway Oslo University Hospital people People from Narvik {{Norway-gov-bio-stub