About Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen
Lived 1894 – 1970 (aged 75–76). Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen was a Norwegian engineer.
Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen (24 April 1894 – 1970) was a Norwegian electrical engineer and civil servant.
He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1922, and began working in Kristiania in the same year. From 1945 to 1962 he served as director of Telegrafverket, which would change its name to Televerket in 1969 and Telenor in 1995. He had been named director already in 1942, but he was exiled in London until 1945 due to the German occupation of Norway.
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Who was Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen?
Norwegian civil servant
When was Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen born?
Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen was born on 24 April 1894 in Flekkefjord Municipality.
When did Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen die?
Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen died in 1970.
What was Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen's occupation?
Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen was an engineer.
What nationality was Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen?
Sverre Rynning-Tønnesen was Norwegian.
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