Erik Tønseth (7 August 1946 – 12 December 2022) was a Norwegian jurist and industrialist.
Tønseth was born in
Drøbak
Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants.
History
Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its own through a royal d ...
and held the
cand.jur. degree. He headed the agricultural branch of
Norsk Hydro
Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norway, Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around th ...
from 1979. He was CEO of
Kværner Industrier from 1989 to 1998.
He was a fellow of the
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
Tønseth died in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
on 12 December 2022, at the age of 76.
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References
1946 births
2022 deaths
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
Norwegian businesspeople
People from Frogn
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