Olav Harald Jensen (1917–1991) was a Norwegian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

. He was educated in

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, and was hired in 1955 as a lecturer at the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...

(NHH). He was a professor at

Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( sv, Åbo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti ...

from 1958, before returning to NHH as a professor from 1960 to 1984. He served as

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there from 1973 to 1978. He was the brother of Arne Jensen.

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1917 births 1991 deaths Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics Rectors of the Norwegian School of Economics 20th-century Norwegian economists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub