Bjarne Orten (22 December 1919 – 14 January 2011) was a Norwegian civil servant. A jurist by education, he worked as an attorney before entering a career in the

Norwegian State Housing Bank The Norwegian State Housing Bank ( no, Husbanken) is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the housing politics in Norway. The main tool for the bank is mortgages in newly constructed houses. About half of all houses after World War II in ...

. This career spanned thirty-nine years, including the period 1972 to 1987 when he was CEO. He was also deputy chairman as well as member of the board of the Norges Juristforbund, and president of the Norwegian Gymnastics Association. He was also active in

Lions Club The International Association of Lions Clubs, more commonly known as Lions Clubs International, is an international non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , ...

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1919 births 2011 deaths Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian civil servants Norwegian jurists {{Norway-law-bio-stub