Ivar Fonnes

Ivar Fonnes (born 24 May 1944) is a Norwegian historian, archivist and civil servant. He served as national archivist of Norway from 2006 to 2014.

Career Fonnes graduated as cand.philol. in history from the University of Oslo in 1972. From 1971 to 1983 he was assigned with the Faculty of History and Philosophy (later renamed the Faculty of Humanities) at the University of Oslo. He was assigned with the National Archives of Norway from 1983, first as head of the IT department, and eventually with various other administrative positions. He was appointed national archivist of Norway in 2006, and held this position until 2014, when Inga Bolstad assumed the position.

Fonnes was also leader of the committee that delivered the Norwegian Official Report 2006: 5 about health archives.

Selected works Arkivhåndboken for offentlig forvaltning (2003) . Second edition (2010) .