Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen

{{Short description|Norwegian police chief}}

Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen (13 September 1924 – 28 April 2013) was a Norwegian police chief.

He was born in Jevnaker as a son of Christian Wilhelm Rynning-Tønnesen (1893–1963) and pharmacist Sigrid Jacobsen (1896–1961), and grew up in Kristiansand where his father was police chief. He was a nephew of Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen. In 1957 he married Grete Luhr.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Carl M Rynning-Tønnesen|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jørn-Kr.|last=Jørgensen|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Carl_M_Rynning-Tønnesen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 May 2013}} Their son Christian Rynning-Tønnesen is a leading corporate executive.{{cite news|title=Konsernsjef i krise|date=9 November 2007|first=Frode|last=Haukenes|work=Ukeavisen Ledelse|page=2|language=Norwegian}}

He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1949. He was hired as a police superintendent in Bergen in 1960 and Kristiansand in 1963. He then served as police inspector in Bergen from 1968, then police chief of Kristiansand from 1979 to 1992.{{cite encyclopedia |year=|title=Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=|location= |url=http://www.snl.no/Carl_Mentz_Rynning-T%C3%B8nnesen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 May 2013}} He died in April 2013.{{cite news|title=Ekspolitimester Rynning-Tønnesen er død|date=29 April 2013|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=Norwegian}}