Jan Erik Langangen

Jan Erik Langangen (born 11 May 1950) is a Norwegian businessperson and lawyer.

He was born in Porsgrunn as a son of Sigurd Langangen (1918–1973) and Lilly Auen (1919–1990). He graduated with the siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1973, in 1975. He was hired in the same year as a consultant in Statoil, and headed the economy and finance department from 1979. He remained here until 1983. He was then the deputy chief executive of Storebrand-Norden from 1983, and advanced to chief executive officer in 1985. From 1986 to 1988 he chaired the Association of Norwegian Insurance Companies. His company merged with UNI in 1991, creating UNI Storebrand. He has been the chair of Norwegian Broker and Södertuna Konferensslott AB, and board member of Knut Axel Ugland Holding. He has been a minor owner in NorAgra, a company that invested in Lithuanian agriculture. He has also been an owner in Airlift and Helilift. From 1998 to 2001 Langangen headed the Norwegian Values Commission. He resides in Langangen on a family farm.