Trond Fevolden (born 30 December 1951) is a Norwegian civil servant. He graduated as cand.polit. 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 ...

from the

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in 1980, and was hired as a subdirector in the

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. He spent one year as deputy under-secretary of State before moving to the

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, where he was permanent Secretary General from 1992 to 2016.

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1951 births Living people Norwegian civil servants University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-gov-bio-stub