Norwegian
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former competition
rower
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, world champion and Olympic medalist.
Thorsen was born in
Zürich
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, Switzerland, in 1961. He received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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, together with
Alf Hansen
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,
Vetle Vinje
Vetle Vinje (born 14 March 1962) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.
He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He received a silver medal in ''quadruple sculls'' at the 1988 Summer Olympics ...
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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, together with
Kjetil Undset
Kjetil Undset (born 24 August 1970) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.
He received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Per Sætersdal, and Lars Bjønness."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" (Retrieved on 12 May 2008) Thorsen is three times world champion in double sculls. In 1982 together with Alf Hansen, in 1989 with Lars Bjønness, and again in 1994 with Lars Bjønness.
Thorsen has been president for the Norwegian Rowing Federation in the period from 2000 to 2010, and also a board member of ''Særforbundenes Fellesorganisasjon''. Professionally he was managing director of NCC Property Development, a major
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developer
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across the Nordics from 2007 to 2014. 2014 - 2019 he was managing director for Oslo S Utvikling AS, a major developer of commercial and residential property in Norway. 2019 - 2021 he served as CEO for the listed (Oslo Børs) residential developer Selvaag Bolig ASA.
Thorsen currently heads the Norwegian real estate company Polaris Eiendom AS, as CEO.
Thorsen was one of the founding fathers of The Norwegian Green Building Council, that created and owns a nationised version of the environmental certification scheme BREEAM (BREEAM-NOR), and he headed the organisation as chair of the Board of Directors for 5 years (2014 - 2019).
Currently Thorsen is memeber of the Board of Directors at NP Bygg AS, Agaia AS and The Norwegian Opera and Ballet.