Henrik Andenæs (born 17 September 1950) is a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Oslo, and took the siv.øk. degree at the

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in 1975. He worked in the United States for Kreditkassen from 1985 to 1987, was vice chief executive in

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from 1987 to 1990, then chief executive of LOOC from 1990 to 1994. From 1994 to 1997 he worked in

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for the

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, and in October 1998 he was hired as information director in

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. He was later the chief executive of ''Troms Fylkes Dampskipsselskap'' when it merged with ''Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab'' in 2006 to form the

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. He became vice chief executive, but already in April 2006 he advanced to chief executive. In April 2007 Andenæs resigned here. In December 2007 he was selected as chairman of the

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, which was in the bidding process at the time. In June 2008 he became chairman of Ludwig Mack, the

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. Following the

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he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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together with LOOC's vice chief executive

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. In 1994, he was also a recipient of the Silver

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andenaes, Henrik 1950 births Living people Businesspeople from Oslo Norwegian School of Economics alumni Norwegian sports executives and administrators Recipients of the Olympic Order