Harald Rensvik (born 4 March 1946) is a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Arendal, and grew up in

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and

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. He graduated as a siv.ing from the

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. He worked as a head of department in the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority from 1982 to 1986. In 1987 he took over as director of the Pollution Control Authority. He served until 1996, except for the period between 1990 and 1992, when he was a state secretary for the Minister of Government Administration and Labour in the

third cabinet Brundtland Brundtland's Third Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the H- Sp- KrF Cabinet Syse, and sat between 3 November 1990 and 25 October 1996.Ministry of the Environment, being granted a leave of absence from 1999 to 2001. He was also a member of the board of the

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1946 births Living people Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian civil servants Norwegian engineers Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians People from Arendal {{Norway-gov-bio-stub