Bjørn Erik Thon, Date of Birth

Bjørn Erik Thon

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1964

Profession: jurist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.
Since 2000 he has headed the office of the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman.
His period was renewed in 2007.
He succeeded Georg Apenes as director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate in late May 2010, though his immediate predecessor was acting director Ove Skåra.In 2000 he started his career as a writer with his crime novel Svart kappe.
He followed with the crime novels Den tause klienten in 2002 and Den enes død in 2004.
In 2005 he wrote the consumer issues book Forbrukerjungelboka with Ola Fæhn.