Per Schreiner (14 July 1932 – 28 October 2005) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant.

Biography

He was born in

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as a son of Fredrik Schreiner (1905–1988) and Signy Rønneberg (1903–1983). He was a grandson of Kristian and

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, and a nephew of Johan Schreiner. After finishing his secondary education in 1950, he enrolled at the

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. He graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1958. He worked as a researcher and assistant at the University of Oslo, the Centraal Planbureau, and

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in the United States. In 1963 he was hired as a consultant in the

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. He was quickly promoted to political appointee positions as assistant secretary in 1965 and deputy under-secretary of state in 1971. From 1989 he was again a consultant, before leaving government in 1992. He spent some time studying at

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and working for the consultant company Econ. He was also a board member of

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. Schreiner died in October 2005 in Oslo.

References

1932 births 2005 deaths Civil servants from Oslo University of Oslo alumni Norwegian economists Norwegian expatriates in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-economist-stub