Finn Øen (12 April 1902 – 6 April 1979) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Party. He was a member of Parliament from 1950 to 1953 and chief executive of

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from 1934 to 1972.

Early life

He was born in Vik as a son of bailiff and politician

Anfin Øen Anfin Øen (2 August 1868 – 14 February 1928) was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Liberal and Agrarian parties. He was born at Øen in Hyllestad as a son of farmers Anfin Anfinsen Øen (1840–1919) og Helene Jørgensdatter Rønseth ...

(1868–1928) and Kari Røysum (1871–1949). He

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his secondary education in 1920 and took the

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degree at the University of Oslo in 1925. He was the acting bailiff of Vik from 1925 to 1926 before serving as a deputy judge in

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for two years, then secretary in the Ministry of Justice from 1928.

Career

In 1934 he was hired as chief executive officer of

, where he worked until 1972. In employers' organizations, Øen was a central board member of the

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from 1937 to 1951, chaired ''Ruteskibenes Rederiforening'' from 1955 to 1958 and was a board member of ''Redernes arbeidsgiverforening''. Øen was also a board member of Bergen Port Authority from 1946 to 1972 and Norsk Havnestyreforbund from 1969 to 1972. Øen was a member of the executive committee of Bergen city council from 1945 to 1951. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from Bergen during the term 1945–1949. He was elected as a full representative in

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, serving as a member of the

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, but was not re-elected in

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. In banking and insurance he chaired the board of Bergen Sparebank from 1963 to 1972 (board member since 1947), chaired the supervisory councils of Sparetrygden from 1945 to 1968, Forenede Liv from 1968 to 1972, Vesta and Investa from 1970 to 1972,

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from 1966 to 1968 (council member since 1959) and the

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from 1970 to 1972. He was deputy chair of the supervisory council in

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from 1968 to 1972 and a supervisory council member of Bergen Brandforsikringsselskap from 1945 to 1963 and Bergen Fiskeindustri. Øen was also a member of the Council of the

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from 1962 to 1979, serving as vice chancellor from 1970 to 1979. He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1975.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oen, Finn 1902 births 1979 deaths People from Vik, Sogn Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Norwegian businesspeople in shipping 20th-century Norwegian politicians