Bjørn Erik Thon

Bjørn Erik Thon (born 6 February 1964) is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman.

He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He has been a member of Grefsen-Kjelsås borough council for the Liberal Party.[1] Since 2000 he has headed the office of the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman. His period was renewed in 2007.[2] He succeeded Georg Apenes as director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate in late May 2010,[3] though his immediate predecessor was acting director Ove Skåra.[4]

In 2000 he started his career as a writer with his crime novel Svart kappe.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Bystyret og komiteene 0000059987-2-WBE-2-476-0
  2. ^ Bjørn Erik Thon gjenoppnevnt som forbrukerombud - Regjeringen.no (Norwegian)
  3. ^ Holgersen, Jon D. (28 May 2010). "Bjørn Erik Thon blir ny direktør i Datatilsynet" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3669131.ece. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
  4. ^ Viseth, Ellen Synnøve (26 May 2010). "Boikotter Storbergets debattmøte" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article486913.ece. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 
Preceded by
Torfinn Bjarkøy		 Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman
2000–2010		 Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Ove Skåra (acting)		 Director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate
2010–present		 Incumbent