Kristenn Einarsson (born 16 June 1950) is an Icelandic-Norwegian publisher.
He was born in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
, and graduated in
economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
in 1974. He became the chief executive of
Den norske Bokklubben in 1991, and chief executive of
Kunnskapsforlaget in 2007. He retired in 2010, but returned in 2012 as managing director of the
Norwegian Publishers' Association The Norwegian Publishers' Association ( no, Den norske Forleggerforening) is a publishing house association in Norway.
It was established in 1895 by William Martin Nygaard as a sub-group of the Norwegian Booksellers Association
The Norwegian Book ...
. He was the chairman of the board of Kunnskapsforlaget from 2000 to 2007, in the
Norwegian Film Fund from 2001 to 2007 and the
Norwegian Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute ( no, Norsk filminstitutt) was founded in 1955 to support and develop the Norwegian film industry. On 1 April 2008, it was merged with Norwegian Film Fund, Norwegian Film Development, and Norwegian Film Commission to ...
from 2008.
References
1950 births
Living people
Kristenn Einarsson
Norwegian book publishers (people)
Kristenn Einarsson
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