Tore Killingland

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1953)}}

Tore Killingland (born 1953) is a Norwegian business manager, environmentalist and politician for the Liberal Party.

He took his cand.mag. degree at the University of Oslo. He was a co-founder and chairman of Natur og Ungdom (1971–1973), worked for the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, the Norwegian Consumer Council and the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management.{{cite news|title=Nytt om navn|date=17 January 2002|work=Aftenposten|page=14|language=no}} From 1997 to 2000 he was a political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications,{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/private-secretariesprivate-advisorspolit/ministry-of-transport-and-communications.html?id=426561|title=Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications - Political Advisor|publisher=Government.no|access-date=4 October 2009}} and from February to March 2000 he was appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/ministries-and-offices/the-office-of-the-prime-minister-state-s.html?id=410093|title=State Secretaries at the Office of the Norwegian Prime Minister|publisher=Government.no|access-date=4 October 2009}} Between 2002 and 2006 he served as secretary-general of Friends of the Earth Norway. He was a former assisting secretary-general.

He left as secretary-general in December 2006, and became CEO of EnPro in February 2007.{{cite news|title=Fra Naturvernforbundet til direktørjobb|date=3 December 2006|agency=Norwegian News Agency|language=no}} He resigned later in 2007,{{cite news|title=Går etter to uker i Enpro|last=Ravn|first=Linn Karen|date=20 June 2007|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=26|language=no}} and was hired as leader of the "Green Team" in Burson-Marsteller.{{cite news|title="Green team" i pr-bransjen|date=19 March 2008|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=124|language=no}} He was also hired as manager of the foundation Green in Practice, but he backed out as the existence of the foundation was threatened.{{cite news|title=Stiftelse er nær konkurs|last=Riisnæs|first=Ida Grieg|date=4 June 2008|work=Dagens Næringsliv|page=10|language=no}} In 2009 he became manager of Jernbanealliansen.