Anstein Gjengedal

Anstein Gjengedal (left).

Anstein Birger Gjengedal (born 26 November 1944) is a former Norwegian police chief.

He was born in Lom. He was a public prosecutor in Eidsivating from 1977 until 1989 when he became deputy director of the Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime. He then served as director from 1996 to 2000, and in 2000 he became Chief of Police of Oslo,[1] until his seccessor Hans Sverre Sjøvold took over in June 2012.[2]

He is currently the director for the Prosecution Committee in Anti-doping Norge.[3] He has been an ever-present member of the Trial Committee for the Norwegian Skating Association since being elected in 1980.[4]

In his youth Gjengedal competed as a speed skater for Lom Idrettslag until 1961 and then joined Lillehammer Skøiteklubb for the seasons 1961/62–1963/64 and from 1964/65-season he changed his club again and this time to Oslo Idrettslag.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Anstein Gjengedal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Wiedswang Zondag, Martin Herman; Sætre, Jonas (22 June 2012). "Hans Sverre Sjøvold blir ny politimester i Oslo" [Hans Sverre Sjøvold becomes new police chief in Oslo] (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Påtalenemnden" [Prosecution Committee] (in Norwegian). Antidoping Norge. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Domsutvalget" [The Trial Committee] (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Skating Association. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Eng, Trond; Teigen, Magne (2005). "Index over deltakere i offisielle NM 1894—2005". Norske Mesterskap på skøyter 1894—2005 (3rd ed.). W.S.S.S.A. — Skøytenytt. pp. 193–225 (p. 198 for Gjengedal, Anstein Birger).

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Police appointments
Preceded by
Lars Oftedal Broch		 Director of the Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
1996–2000 		Succeeded by
Einar Høgetveit
Preceded by
Ingelin Killengreen		 Chief of Police of Oslo
2000–2012 		Succeeded by
Hans Sverre Sjøvold
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