Bård Øistensen (born 1951) is a Norwegian civil servant.
He holds a
cand.sociol. degree from the
University of Oslo
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.
He worked in the housing
etat
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of
Oslo
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municipality, and also as a researcher in
Byggforsk, before being hired as director of Region East in the
Norwegian State Housing Bank in 2001. He was later director of strategy and vice chief executive.
[ In 2010 the chief executive ]Geir Barvik
Geir Barvik (born 19 May 1958, in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank from 2001 to 2010 and as Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity from 2010 ...
was appointed as the director of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity
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, and Øistensen served as acting chief executive. In December 2010 he got the position as chief executive on a permanent basis.[
]
References
1951 births
Living people
University of Oslo alumni
Directors of government agencies of Norway
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