Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen (13 September 1924 – 28 April 2013) was a Norwegian police chief. He was born in

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see form ...

as a son of Christian Wilhelm Rynning-Tønnesen (1893–1963) and pharmacist Sigrid Jacobsen (1896–1961), and grew up in

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where his father was police chief. He was a nephew of

Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen (24 April 1894 – 1970) was a Norwegian electrical engineer and civil servant. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1922, and began working in Kristiania in the same year. From 1945 to 1962 he served ...

. In 1957 he married Grete Luhr. Their son

Christian Rynning-Tønnesen Christian Wilhelm Rynning-Tønnesen (born 18 June 1959) is a Norway, Norwegian businessperson. He has spent most of his career in Statkraft, first holding various positions from 1992 to 2005, and then as CEO since 2010. He was CEO of Norske Skog ...

is a leading corporate executive. He graduated with the

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degree from the

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in 1949. He was hired as a police superintendent in

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in 1960 and

in 1963. He then served as police inspector in Bergen from 1968, then police chief of Kristiansand from 1979 to 1992. He died in April 2013.

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1924 births 2013 deaths People from Jevnaker People from Kristiansand University of Oslo alumni Norwegian police chiefs {{Norway-law-bio-stub