Asbjørn Larsen

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| birth_place = Porsgrunn, Norway

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| alma_mater = Norwegian School of Economics

| occupation = Industrial leader

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Asbjørn Larsen (1 August 1936 – 26 January 2025) was a Norwegian economist and industrial leader.

Life and career

Larsen was born in Porsgrunn on 1 August 1936. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1960. He was assigned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1961 to 1965, and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association from 1966 to 1973. He was CEO of the petroleum company Saga Petroleum from 1979 to 1998. He became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences from 1993. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1993.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Asbjørn Larsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Andreas |last=Qvale |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Asbjørn_Larsen | language=Norwegian |accessdate=28 February 2017}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Asbjørn Larsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Asbjørn_Larsen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=28 February 2017}}

Larsen died on 26 January 2025, at the age of 88.

References

Category:1936 births

Category:2025 deaths

Category:People from Porsgrunn

Category:Norwegian economists

Category:Norwegian School of Economics alumni

Category:Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences