Svein Ingvar Gjedrem (born 25 January 1950 in

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) is a Norwegian economist and former

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of the

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. He graduated in

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from the

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in 1975, worked as a consultant in the Central Bank of Norway from 1975 to 1979 and in the

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from 1979 to 1998. He served two terms as Central Bank Governor from 1 January 199

In June 2011, Gjedrem got his position as permanent under-secretary of the Ministry of Finance back. He remained here until 2015. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Gjedrem played football (soccer), football for

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and Lyn. Gjedrem’s successor as Governor of the Central Bank of Norway was Øystein Olsen who was appointed in October 2010 and took over on 1 January 2011. Gjedrem has accepted a part-time position at the

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, and started teaching in 2011.

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