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
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 ...
in 1980, and was hired as a subdirector in the
Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister
The Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister (, abbreviated SMK) is a cabinet department that assists the Government of Norway, Cabinet of Norway and the Prime Minister of Norway in the leadership of the Cabinet and Government. It has since 2021 b ...
. He spent one year as deputy under-secretary of State before moving to the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
, where he was permanent Secretary General from 1992 to 2016.
References
1951 births
Living people
Norwegian civil servants
University of Oslo alumni
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