Per Schreiner
Per Schreiner (14 July 1932 – 28 October 2005) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Oslo as a son of Fredrik Schreiner (1905–1988) and Signy Rønneberg (1903–1983). He was a grandson of Kristian and Alette Schreiner, and a nephew of Johan Schreiner.[1]
After finishing his secondary education in 1950, he enrolled at the University of Oslo. He graduated with the cand.oecon. degree in 1958.
He worked as a researcher and assistant at the University of Oslo, the Centraal Planbureau, and Stanford University in the United States.
In 1963 he was hired as a consultant in the Ministry of Finance. He was quickly promoted to political appointee positions as assistant secretary in 1965 and deputy under-secretary of state in 1971.
From 1989 he was again a consultant, before leaving government in 1992. He spent some time studying at Harvard University and working for the consultant company Econ.[1]
He was also a board member of Pax Forlag. Schreiner died in October 2005 in Oslo.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Torgersen, Rolf Normann. "Per Schreiner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 January 2010.