Odd A. Hovdenak (January 13, 1917 – November 20 1982) was a Norwegian civil servant. Between 1959 and 1974 he was director of the

Trondheim Tramway The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is the world's most northerly tramway system, following the closure and dismantling of the Arkhangelsk tramways in Russia. It consists of one 8.8-km-long line, the Gråkallen Line, running from St. Ol ...

. Educated in business administration, Hovdenak worked in the city administration in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

from 1938. In 1953, he worked under the chief administrative officer of finance, and was acting in the position for half a year in 1959. In July 1959 he was appointed director of

Trondheim Sporvei Trondheim Sporvei was a municipally owned tram operator in Trondheim, Norway that existed between 1936 and 1974. The company operated the municipal parts of the Trondheim Tramway until it was merged with A/S Graakalbanen and Trondheim Bilruter ...

, effective from 1 September 1959. He replaced Ove Skaug, who had quite after just one year in the position. Trondheim Sporvei owned most of the

. After the city bought the other tram operator

Graakalbanen A/S Graakalbanen was a private company that built and operated the Gråkallen Line of the Trondheim Tramway between 1924 and 1972. Established in 1916, it bought large land areas in Byåsen, and built a tramway through these to reach the recreatio ...

in 1966, Hovdenak was also appointed director of that company. With the merger of the two to Trondheim Trafikkselskap (TT) in 1972, Hovdenak also became director there. When TT merged with Trondheim Bilruter two years later, Hovdenak became

chief financial officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...

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1917 births 1982 deaths Norwegian civil servants Trondheim Tramway people Chief financial officers {{Norway-gov-bio-stub