Gunnar Peder Kjønnøy (born 1947) is a Norwegian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the 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 field there are ...

and civil servant. He served as the County Governor of

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

county from 1998 until his retirement in 2016.

Personal life

Kjønnøy was born on 1 June 1947 in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

Education and career

Kjønnøy graduated from 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 ...

in 1972 with a cand.oecon. degree. He was employed by the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal an ...

, the Regional Development Fund, and the

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. In 1980, was hired by the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries. During his time there he led the annual negotiations with the

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(and later

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) on the resource management in the

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...

. In December 1998, he was appointed as the County Governor of Finnmark county. He held that position until 1 October 2016 when he retired.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjonnoy, Gunnar 1947 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Norwegian civil servants County governors of Norway People from Averøy