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Place of Birth: Modum, Buskerud, Norway
About Erling Diesen
- Erling Diesen (born 6 July 1932) is a Norwegian engineer and civil servant. He was born in Geithus, finished his secondary education in Hønefoss in 1951 and graduated as a civil engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1956.
- He worked at the Institute of Technology as engineer and research assistant until 1960, and was a secretary in the Norwegian Electrotechnical Committee from 1960 to 1961.
- He was hired in the Norwegian Water Resources and Electricity Agency in 1961, and was a chief engineer in the power plant department until 1977 and in the electricity department from 1977 to 1978.
- He was then a subdirector in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy from 1978 to 1980 and then as subdirector in the Water Resources and Electricity Agency from 1980 to 1983.
- He was the chief executive officer of Buskerud Energiverk from 1983.In 1987 he became director-general of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Agency, and after a reorganization he served as director from 1991 to 1999.
- He has presided over the Norwegian committee of the World Energy Council and chaired Norsk energiforening in the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.
- He has been a board member of the Institute for Energy Technology and member of the NTNF energy committee.He resides in Asker.
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