Arne Simonsen Explained

Arne Simonsen (born 1941) is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Haugesund, and graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Bergen. He worked as a civil servant in Bergen municipality, the Norwegian Central Information Service, the Ministry of Church and Education, and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.^[1] From September 1992 to June 1993 he was a political advisor for the Minister of Social Affairs in the third cabinet Brundtland.^[2]

In 1993 he was appointed director of the Norwegian Central Information Service (Statens Informasjonstjeneste), succeeding Odd Strand who had reached the age limit.^[1] The Norwegian Central Information Service no longer exists, as it was merged into Statskonsult in 2001.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Arne Simonsen ny direktør i Statens Informasjonstjeneste . Norwegian News Agency . Norwegian News Agency . 8 June 1993 . no.
2. http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/gro-harlem-brundtlands-third-government-.html?id=438731 Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government 3 November 1990 - 25 October 1996
3. http://www.caplex.no/Web/ArticleView.aspx?id=9333641 Statens Informasjonstjeneste