Jørn Skille (11 December 1942 – 29 June 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born 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 ...

, and took a military education. He was an officer in the

Royal Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) () is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 2,430 employees (officers, enlisted ...

from 1962 to 1976 and worked in the

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from 1976. He then moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs in 1977, where he was promoted to assistant secretary in 1980. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Government Administration from 1989 to 1995. From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Televerket, from 1995 to 1998 he was vice president in

Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter is an employers' organisation in Norway. It was established in 1993 as the Norwegian Association of Publicly Owned Companies (''Norges arbeidsgiverforening for virksomheter med offentlig tilknytning''). The name was ...

and from 1999 to 2004 he worked in

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. He finished his career with four years as the Government Director of Personnel, leading an office in the Ministry of Government Administration. As such he was also a member of the National Wages Board. He was succeeded by Siri Røine in early 2008. Skille was married and had children. He died in late June 2008 due to complications from heart surgery.

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1942 births 2008 deaths Civil servants from Oslo {{Norway-gov-bio-stub