Kristian Rambjør (24 February 1938 – 4 February 2015) was a Norwegian businessperson. He hailed from

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, but left home at the age of 15 to work at Akers mekaniske verksted in Oslo. He also took a secondary education and a multitude of courses, and then a three-year

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education in

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. He advanced in the ranks of Akers Mek. and headed the corporate staff in Aker Norcem from 1987 to 1988. He then embarked on a turbulent banking career, as chief executive officer of

Den norske Creditbank Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. In 1990 it merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank (DnB). The bank was based in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most pop ...

from 1988 to 1990, then vice chief executive in

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in 1990. From 1990 to 1995 he was the president of the

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He was removed with a golden parachute of . He resided in

Tjøme Tjøme () is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of ''Tjømø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see f ...

and was active in the Conservative Party there. He died in February 2015.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 10 February 2015, p. 29

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1938 births 2015 deaths People from Kristiansund Norwegian bankers Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people {{Norway-business-bio-stub