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]
References
edit- ^ a b Norwegian News Agency (8 June 1993). "Arne Simonsen ny direktør i Statens Informasjonstjeneste" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Gro Harlem Brundtland's Third Government 3 November 1990 - 25 October 1996 - Government.no
- ^ Statens Informasjonstjeneste on Caplex Encyclopedia
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