About Asbjørn Larsen
Lived 1936 – 2025 (aged 88). Asbjørn Larsen was a Norwegian economist.
Asbjørn Larsen (1 August 1936 – 26 January 2025) was a Norwegian economist and industrial leader. He was chief executive of the petroleum company Saga Petroleum from 1979 to 1998.
Life and career Larsen was born in Porsgrunn on 1 August 1936, a son of Johan Fredrik Larsen and Mette Kirstine Jensen. He was married twice, first to Marie-Louise Engebretsen, from 1960 to 1979, and from 1999 to Elin Barstad.
He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1993.
Larsen died on 26 January 2025, at the age of 88.
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Norwegian economist and industrial leader
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Asbjørn Larsen was born on 1 August 1936 in Porsgrunn.
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Asbjørn Larsen died on 26 January 2025.
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Asbjørn Larsen was an economist.
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Asbjørn Larsen was Norwegian.
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