Svein Aasmundstad is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, and graduated as cand.jur.. He worked as CFO in Trondheim municipality from 1973 to 1976, and as chief administrative officer in Oppland

Oppland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

 county from 1976 to 1987, only interrupted by a spell as state secretary in the Ministry of Transport

Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communications is a Norwegian ministry established in 1946, and is responsible for transportation and communication infrastructure in Norway. It is led by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa...

 from 1979 during the cabinet Nordli. He was appointed as the first director of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway

Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway is a Norwegian government agency responsible for supervision of financial companies within Norway based on law and regulations from Storting, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and international accounting standards...

 in 1987, and served to 1992. From 1994 to 1995 he was the CEO of NAVO (today known as Arbeidsgiverforeningen Spekter

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...

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