Nicolay William Nilsen (born 1944) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

businessperson. He is the current CEO of ''Oslo Lufthavn AS'', the company that manages the

Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Oslo Airport ( no, Oslo lufthavn; ), alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is the international airport serving Oslo, Norway, the capital and most populous city in the country. A hub for Flyr, Norse Atlan ...

. He started working at Gardermoen in 1995, overseeing the airport's transition from being second in rank to

Oslo Airport, Fornebu Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( no, Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu), was the primary international airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and the area has since been redevelo ...

into becoming the main airport of Norway. In addition, he is a member of the board of Flytoget AS. When

Randi Flesland Randi Runa Svenkerud Flesland (born 17 November 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian civil servant. Flesland was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with education in economics, with addition of psychology and pedagogy in the universities of Oslo and ...

quit her job as CEO of

Avinor Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 ...

in December 2005, Nilsen became acting CEO. In April the next year, Sverre Quale took over on a permanent basis. Nilsen took over as acting CEO again in November 2010. In January 2011 he was replaced by

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1944 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople Directors of government agencies of Norway Avinor people {{norway-business-bio-stub