Bjørn Erik Thon

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Bjørn Erik Thon

Bjørn Erik Thon (born 6 February 1964) is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman.

He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He has been a member of Grefsen-Kjelsås borough council for the Liberal Party.[1] Since 2000 he has headed the office of the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman. His period was renewed in 2007.[2] He succeeded Georg Apenes as director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate in late May 2010,[3] though his immediate predecessor was acting director Ove Skåra.[4]

In 2000 he started his career as a writer with his crime novel Svart kappe. He followed with the crime novels Den tause klienten in 2002 and Den enes død in 2004. In 2005 he wrote the consumer issues book Forbrukerjungelboka with .

References[]

  1. ^ Bystyret og komiteene 0000059987-2-WBE-2-476-0 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Bjørn Erik Thon gjenoppnevnt som forbrukerombud - Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ Holgersen, Jon D. (28 May 2010). "Bjørn Erik Thon blir ny direktør i Datatilsynet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  4. ^ Viseth, Ellen Synnøve (26 May 2010). "Boikotter Storbergets debattmøte". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
Preceded by
Torfinn Bjarkøy
Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman
2000–2010
Succeeded by
Gry Nergård
Preceded by
Ove Skåra (acting)
Director of the Norwegian Data Inspectorate
2010–present
Incumbent



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