Atle Teigland (born 16 July 1957) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

trade unionist. A certified electrical fitter, he was employed by

Kværner Kværner was a Norwegian engineering and construction services company that existed between 1853 and 2005. In 2004, it was amalgamated to the newly formed subsidiary of Aker ASA - Aker Kværner, which was renamed Aker Solutions on 3 April 2008 ...

(now:

Aker Solutions Aker Solutions ASA, an engineering company based in Oslo, provides the products, systems and services required to unlock energy from sources such as oil, gas, offshore wind and capture. The company, founded in 1841, was known as Aker Kværner u ...

) in 1978. In 2004 he was elected to represent the employees on the board of directors at Aker Solutions, having previously held the same position in

Aker RGI Aker ASA is a Norwegian industrial investment company with ownership interests concentrated in oil and gas, renewable energy and green technologies, maritime assets, marine biotechnology, and industrial software. The company is listed on Oslo St ...

and

Aker Maritime Aker Maritime is a defunct Norwegian petroleum industry supply company. Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange it was controlled by Aker RGI, owned by Kjell Inge Røkke. The company was created in 1996 when Aker's oil and gas division was merged with ...

. Representing 5,000 union members as a board representative of one of Norway's largest corporations, he was referred to as a "grassroots giant" by Norwegian newspaper '' VG'' in 2009. He was one of the spearheads in a union resistance to the

Directive on services in the internal market The Bolkestein directive (officially Services in the Internal Market Directive''2006/123/EC is an EU law aiming at establishing a single market for services within the European Union (EU). Drafted under the leadership of the former European ...

, which however was ultimately passed. He has also supported the growth of the petroleum industry, such as a development of the Gudrun gas/oil field. He resides in

Tysnes Tysnes () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other population centres in Tysnes include the villages of Våge and Onarhei ...

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1957 births Living people People from Tysnes Norwegian trade unionists Aker Group people Norwegian corporate directors {{Norway-activist-stub