Erik Tønseth (7 August 1946 – 12 December 2022) was a Norwegian jurist and industrialist. Tønseth was born in

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and held the

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degree. He headed the agricultural branch of

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from 1979. He was CEO of Kværner Industrier from 1989 to 1998. He was a fellow of the

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. Tønseth died in

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on 12 December 2022, at the age of 76.

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1946 births 2022 deaths Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences Norwegian businesspeople People from Frogn {{norway-business-bio-stub