Gunnar Vatten, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gunnar Vatten

Norwegian engineer

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1927

Date of Death: 20-Jul-2011

Profession: businessperson, engineer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gunnar Vatten

  • Gunnar Vatten (9 August 1927 – 20 July 2011) was a Norwegian engineer and civil servant. He was born in Bodø, and took the siv.ing.
  • degree in electrical engineering in Denmark.
  • He was employed in the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity Agency from 1953 to 1955, and then worked as a consultant in Nordland County Municipality before working for the Western Electric Company in Oklahoma.He returned to Norway and was the director of electricity in the agency from 1971 to 1978.
  • He was then a deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy from 1978 to 1985.
  • When Statkraft was split from the Water Resources and Electricity Agency in 1986, Vatten became the chief executive officer.
  • He left on 1 March 1992 and was replaced by Lars Uno Thulin.
  • He was the chair of Kommunekraft from 1993.He resided in Nesodden, was married and had children.
  • He died in July 2011.

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