Rune Bjerke (born 17 June 1960) is a

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businessperson and politician for the Labour Party. Rune is son of Juul Bjerke and brother of

Siri Bjerke Siri Bjerke (19 June 1958 – 11 February 2012) was a Norwegian politician ( Labour Party). She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005, state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 a ...

. Bjerke studied economics at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

, and has a master's degree in

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from

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. From 1992 to 1995 he was city commissioner (''byråd'') of finance in the city cabinet of

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. He has previously been advisor in the

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, director in Scancem International and chief executive officer in

Hafslund Hafslund is a borough located east of the city centre in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway, Before 1992, Hafslund was a part of Skjeberg municipality. The name Hafslund, which is composed of ''Hafr'', the Old Norse name for husband and ''lundr'' mean ...

. From 2007 to 2019 he was chief executive officer of

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. He is the chairman of the board of Doorstep, and of both the Norwegian Financial Services Association and

Finance Norway Finance Norway ( no, Finans Norge) is the industry organisation for the financial industry in Norway. Finance Norway represents more than 200 financial companies with around 50,000 employees. It was established on 1 January 2010 as a cooperation o ...

. Bjerke is married to the Labour party politician

Libe Rieber-Mohn Libe Solberg Rieber-Mohn (born 25 August 1965) is a Norwegian civil servant and former politician for the Labour Party. She was appointed as Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity by the King-in-Council on 17 June 2016, s ...

References

*Businessweek executive profil

*Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation onlin

*Financial Time

1960 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Norwegian chief executives Norwegian bankers DNB ASA people Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{norway-business-bio-stub