Jon Erik Åker (February 26, 1927 – April 18, 2013) was a Norwegian hospital director. He grew up with his grandparents in rural

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, and attended

Firda Upper Secondary School Firda Upper Secondary School ( no, Firda vidaregåande skule) is a school located in the town of Sandane in the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The highway passes just north of the school. The school features in the NRK ...

before going on to the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...

. He was hired as manager at

Lillehammer Hospital Lillehammer Hospital ( no, Lillehammer sykehus) is a general hospital situated in Lillehammer, Norway. It is part of Innlandet Hospital Trust, part of the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. Lillehammer Heliport, Innlandet H ...

in 1955 and financial director at the Red Cross Clinic in 1958. He graduated as a Master of Hospital Administration from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1963. In 1964 he was hired as secretary at

Akershus University Hospital Akershus University Hospital ( no, Akershus universitetssykehus, abbreviated Ahus) is a Norwegian public university hospital in the Greater Oslo Region. It is located in the Lørenskog municipality in the region of Viken, northeast of the Norwegian ...

. Following a leave to serve as manager of the refugee hospital Augusta Victoria Hospital in

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, he was promoted to financial director at Akershus University Hospital. He was then the long-serving director of Akershus University Hospital from 1969 to 1997. In 1994 he received the

King's Medal of Merit in gold The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

, and in 1996 he became an honorary member of the Norwegian Hospital Association. He died in April 2013.

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1927 births 2013 deaths People from Sogn og Fjordane Norwegian School of Economics alumni University of Michigan alumni Norwegian civil servants Norwegian expatriates in Israel Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold {{Norway-business-bio-stub