14 Facts About Eivind Reiten

Eivind Kristofer Reiten was born on 2 April 1953 and is a Norwegian economist, corporate officer and politician for the Centre Party.

Eivind Reiten was Chairman of StatoilHydro for four days until he resigned from his position after Norsk Hydro had been accused of corruption.

Eivind Reiten enrolled as a student in 1972, and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1978 with a degree in economics.

Eivind Reiten worked as a civil servant from 1979 to 1982, and as a secretary for the Centre Party from 1982 to 1983.

Eivind Reiten was then brought into the government as state secretary to the Minister of Finance from 1983 to 1985.

Eivind Reiten then became Minister of Fisheries from 1985 to 1986 as part of the Second cabinet Willoch, and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1989 to 1990 as part of Cabinet Syse.

Eivind Reiten started working for Norsk Hydro in 1988, heading the energy division from that year, and becoming senior vice president of special projects in 1991.

Eivind Reiten was appointed executive vice president for light metals in 1999.

Eivind Reiten succeeded Egil Myklebust as chief executive officer in 2001.

Eivind Reiten was a member of the board of the Bank of Norway from 1991 to 1994 and Norske Skogindustrier from 1997 to 2000, and has chaired the board of Norway Post and Telenor.

Eivind Reiten is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

Eivind Reiten was replaced by his deputy, Marit Arnstad, who is a former Minister of Petroleum and Energy from the Centre Party.

The investigation from StatoilHydro concluded that Eivind Reiten was informed about this during 2000 and 2001, while the investigation in Norsk Hydro concluded that Eivind Reiten did not know about the corruption.

Eivind Reiten has since been nominated to replace Kim Wahl as Chairman of Norske Skog at the company's annual general meeting in April 2009.