Rolf Ingvar Semmingsen (August 13,1908 –May 1, 1979) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Stor-Elvdal in

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, Norway. He was the son of Martin Semmingsen (1875–1964) and Anne Strand (1874–1961). Having graduated as

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, he was hired as assistant secretary in the Norwegian Price Directorate (''Konkurransetilsynet'') in 1940. In 1946 he was promoted to assistant director under Wilhelm Thagaard. He worked as director of the cooperative Coop NKL (''Norges Kooperative Landsforening'') from 1949 to 1960, but returned to the Price Directorate to serve as director from 1961 to 1977. In 1994 the Norwegian Price Directorate was restructured as the

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. He was married to historian

Ingrid Semmingsen Ingrid Elisabeth Semmingsen (29 March 1910 in Hamar, Hedmark – 31 May 1995) was a Norwegian historian. Appointed as a professor at the University of Oslo in 1963, she was the first female professor of history in Norway. Personal life Semmingse ...

(1910-1995).

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1908 births 1979 deaths People from Stor-Elvdal Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian civil servants {{Norway-gov-bio-stub