Henrik Julius Ager-Hanssen was a Norwegian nuclear physicist and businessperson.
10 Facts About Henrik Ager-Hanssen
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen spent his career in the nuclear energy sector from 1956 to 1975, then in the petroleum company Statoil from 1976 to 1998.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen was born in Stavanger, and after education at the University of Oslo, University of Leuven and New York University he got the degree Master of Nuclear Engineering.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen taught nuclear energy technology at the New York University from 1956 to 1957, and then spent many years as a researcher, research leader and director at the Institute for Energy Technology.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen spent his four last years in nuclear energy as chief executive of Scandpower from 1971 to 1975.
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In 1976 Ager-Hanssen was hired as vice chief executive of the petroleum company Statoil, based in his hometown Stavanger.
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Internationally, Henrik Ager-Hanssen chaired the Committee for Special Studies and the Energy for Tomorrow's World Commission, both within the World Energy Council.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen has served as chair of Norsk Helikopter, Stavanger Aftenblad, ONS, EnTech Invest, Scan Geophysical, Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk, the Institute for Energy Technology, the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research and Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen has been a board member of Det Norske Veritas, the Chr.
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Henrik Ager-Hanssen was an elected fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.