Robert Nordén

Robert Fredrik Nordén (1926 - 1998) was a Norwegian economist, civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. He was the director of the Norwegian State Railways from 1978 to 1988.

He was born in Oslo, and was a cand.oecon. by education.[1] He was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications on 15 August 1960 as a part of the Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet.[2] On 6 January 1961 he left office and was hired as deputy under-secretary of state, an administrative position in the department.[1]

In 1969 he was appointed director in the Norwegian State Railways, and in 1978 he became director-general.[3] He left in 1987, and Tore Lindholt became acting director-general.[4] Nordén worked as an advisor in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy from 1988 to 1992.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Robert Fredrik Nordén". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Government Administration Services. "Einar Gerhardsen's Third Government". Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  3. ↑ Caplex. "Norden, Robert" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. ↑ Solli, Arne (21 February 1990). "Navn i nyhetene: Tore Lindholt, NSB" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Edvard Heiberg		 Director-general of the Norwegian State Railways
1978–1987 		Succeeded by
Tore Lindholt (acting)