Petter Jansen (born 30 August 1955) is a Norwegian

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and

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of Norwegian Property. He is educated in the Norwegian military and the

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as well as from Östersund Business School (1986–88) and an executive program at

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. After a career in the military, he became director of

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between 1993 and 1996 when he was employed in

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and later became CEO of

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. In 2004 he was employed as CEO

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until June 2006 after internal struggle and he was hired by Norwegian Properties. He is also chairman of Tromsø 2018 that is creating the

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bid for the

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Alumni of London Business School Norwegian bankers SAS Group people DNB ASA Living people 1955 births {{Norway-business-bio-stub