Harald Norvik

{{Short description|Norwegian businessman}}

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Harald Norvik (born 21 June 1946 in Vadsø) is a former chairman, president, and chief executive of Norwegian oil firm Statoil, a former chairman of telecommunications company Telenor and a director of ConocoPhillips.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-02 |title=Harald Norvik går fra Telenor |url=https://e24.no/i/p6ayME |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=e24.no |language=nb}}

Norvik received his Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics. Between 1979 and 1981 he served as personal secretary to the Prime Minister of Norway, Odvar Nordli, and also as State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/om_regjeringen/tidligere/oversikt/departementer_embeter/regjeringssekr_dep/dep/Olje--og-energidepartementet-1978-1992/Olje--og-energidepartementet-statssekret.html?id=448357 |title=Olje- og energidepartementet. Statssekretær 1978-1992 |author=Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy |author-link=Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy }} From 1981 to 1988 he was finance director and a member of the board at Aker. He served as Statoil President and CEO from 1988 to 1999. He is currently{{when|date=December 2019}} a strategic advisor of ECON and has been a partner of ECON from 2001. He is Chairman of the Board of Aschehoug, member of the board of Petroleum Geo-Services and Chairman of OCAS.

Harald Norvik has attended the Bilderberg Meeting in 2006 in Ottawa, Canada.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.{{cite web|url=http://www.ntva.no/index.php?option=com_club&view=member&id=336%3Anorvik-harald-johan&Itemid=60|title=Medlemmer: NORVIK, Harald Johan|publisher=Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 December 2013}}

In 2016, Norvik published the book, ‘The government as Capitalist’, together with former CEO of Hydro Egil Myklebust and history professor Einar Lie. The book discusses how government ownership in Norwegian businesses is larger than in other countries, and that the government-owned companies are very large compared to the rest of the economy.{{cite news | url= http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php/business/general-business/30290 | title= State-owned companies "surprisingly successful" | newspaper= The Norway Post | date= December 4, 2016 | accessdate= January 23, 2017}}