Asbjørn Vinjar

This article is about Asbjørn Vinjar. For the village in Suldal, Norway, see Vinjar, Rogaland.
Asbjørn Vinjar
Born 1925 (age 90–91)

Asbjørn Gudbrand Vinjar (born 1925) is a Norwegian engineer and civil servant.

He 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]

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.
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