Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen
Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen (13 September 1924 – 28 April 2013) was a Norwegian police chief.
He was born in Jevnaker as a son of Christian Wilhelm Rynning-Tønnesen (1893–1963) and pharmacist Sigrid Jacobsen (1896–1961), and grew up in Kristiansand where his father was police chief. He was a nephew of Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen. In 1957 he married Grete Luhr.[1] Their son Christian Rynning-Tønnesen is a leading corporate executive.[2]
He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1949. He was hired as a police superintendent in Bergen in 1960 and Kristiansand in 1963. He then served as police inspector in Bergen from 1968, then police chief of Kristiansand from 1979 to 1992.[3] He died in April 2013.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Carl M Rynning-Tønnesen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Haukenes, Frode (9 November 2007). "Konsernsjef i krise". Ukeavisen Ledelse (in Norwegian). p. 2.
- ^ "Carl Mentz Rynning-Tønnesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Ekspolitimester Rynning-Tønnesen er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 29 April 2013.
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