Tor Saglie (born 13 September 1949) is a Norwegian civil servant. He was educated at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, graduating in 1976 with a cand.polit. degree in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He was the director (head of administration) of the University of Oslo from 1991 to 2003 and permanent under-secretary of state (''departementsråd'') in the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (, KDD) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and county administration and financ ...

from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, he was appointed the first Labour and Welfare Director, i.e. the head of the Labour and Welfare Service and the Labour and Welfare Administration. He left in the summer of 2011. In April 2012 he was appointed as permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He is married to former cabinet minister Tove Strand.

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1949 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Directors of government agencies of Norway {{norway-writer-stub