About Alf Bjørseth
Born 1941. Alf Bjørseth is a Norwegian chemist and entrepreneur.
Alf Bjørseth (born 24 November 1941) is a Norwegian chemist and businessperson in the energy sector.
He hails from Gamle Oslo. After finishing his secondary education in 1960, he took the cand.real. degree at the University of Oslo in 1969. He was subsequently employed at SI and took his dr.philos. degree in 1979.
After spending the years 1980 to 1982 as research director at SI, he started a career in the industry sector. He was vice executive of Deminex from 1982 to 1984, director of research at Norsk Hydro from 1984 to 1990 and director of technology at Elkem from 1990 to 1994. In 1994 he founded the company ScanWafer, later REC. In 2005 he founded Norsun, then sold his shares in REC, and founded Scatec. and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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Who is Alf Bjørseth?
Norwegian chemist and businessman (1941-)
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Alf Bjørseth was born on 24 November 1941 in Old Town.
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Alf Bjørseth is a chemist and entrepreneur.
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Alf Bjørseth is Norwegian.
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