Jørn Skille was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, and took a military education. He was an officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force

Royal Norwegian Air Force

The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees . 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF...

 from 1962 to 1976 and worked in the Ministry of Defence

Norwegian Ministry of Defence

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of the formation and implementation of national security and defence policy, and for the overall management and control of the activities of subordinate agencies. The ministry is located at Glacisgata 1, Oslo,...

 from 1976. He then moved to the Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality

The Royal Ministry of Children and Equality is a Norwegian ministry established in 1989 as the Royal Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs. It was renamed the Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs in 1991, and renamed to its current name in 2006....

 in 1977, where he was promoted to assistant secretary in 1980. He was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Government Administration from 1989 to 1995.

From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Televerket

Telenor

Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...

, from 1995 to 1998 he was vice president in Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO

Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter

Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was established in 1993 as the Norwegian Association of Publicly Owned Companies . The name was shortened to Arbeidsgiverforeningen NAVO in 1999, and Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter in 2007...

 and from 1999 to 2004 he worked in Statskonsult

Statskonsult

Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office , later the Directorate of Rationalisation. The name Statskonsult was taken into use in...

. He finished his career with four years as the Government Director of Personnel

Government Director of Personnel (Norway)

The Government Director of Personnel is a Norwegian position in the civil service.The director leads the Department of Employer Policy within the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs...

, leading an office in the Ministry of Government Administration. As such he was also a member of the National Wages Board

National Wages Board

The National Wages Board is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes.Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life stall, and if the conflict has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society"...

. He was succeeded by Siri Røine

Siri Røine

Siri Røine is a Norwegian civil servant.She was born in Oslo, and took education as a dental hygienist and jurist. She has worked as assisting head negotiator in the trade union Norwegian Nurses Organisation, and then worked in the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities and the...

 in early 2008.

Skille was married and had children. He died in late June 2008 due to complications from heart surgery.