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Asbjørn Vinjar

This article is about Asbjørn Vinjar. For the village in Suldal, Norway, see Vinjar, Rogaland.
Asbjørn Vinjar
Born(1925-11-16)16 November 1925
Died25 January 2019(2019-01-25) (aged 93)

Asbjørn Gudbrand Vinjar (16 November 1925 – 25 January 2019) was a Norwegian engineer and civil servant.

Life and career

Vinjar graduated with the siv.ing. degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1952. He spent his career in the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity Agency. He headed the electricity department from 1962 to 1978 and was the director of the electricity and energy from 1978 to 1990.[1] It was renamed to the Water Resources and Energy Agency in 1986[2] after Statkraft was split out.[3] Vinjar died on 25 January 2019, at the age of 93.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Asbjørn Gudbrand Vinjar". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  3. ^ "NVEs historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Asbjørn Gudbrand Vinjar". Jølstad Sandvika. Retrieved 20 January 2024.


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