Svein Gjedrem

{{Short description|Norwegian economist (born 1950)}}

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Svein Ingvar Gjedrem (born 25 January 1950 in Finnøy) is a Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.

He graduated in political economy from the University of Oslo in 1975, worked as a consultant in the Central Bank of Norway from 1975 to 1979 and in the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1998. He served two terms as Central Bank Governor from 1 January 1999.[https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/95275/8-99.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y] In June 2011, Gjedrem got his position as permanent under-secretary of the Ministry of Finance back. He remained here until 2015.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Gjedrem played football for Viking and Lyn.{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Henderson |author2=Georgina Turner |author3=Rob Smyth |title=Is the SPL illegal? |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1186951,00.html |work=Guardian Unlimited |date=31 March 2004 |accessdate=2007-06-13 }}

Gjedrem’s successor as Governor of the Central Bank of Norway was Øystein Olsen who was appointed in October 2010 and took over on 1 January 2011.{{Cite news |author= Kremer, Josiane |title= Norway Names Olsen as Central Bank Governor to Succeed Gjedrem |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-22/norway-appoints-olsen-as-central-bank-governor-to-succeed-gjedrem-in-2011.html |work= Bloomberg News |date= October 22, 2010 |accessdate= October 22, 2010}}

Gjedrem has accepted a part-time position at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and started teaching in 2011.