Background
Olsen, Øystein was born in 1952.
Olsen, Øystein was born in 1952.
Postgraduate degree in economics, University Oslo, 1977.
Deputy director general economic policy department Ministry of Finance, Norway, 1977—1990, 1991—1994, director finance department, 1994—1996, director general economic policy department, 1999—2005. Economist University California at Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1985—1986, ECON Center Economic Analysis, 1990—1991. Professor Business intelligence Norwegian School Management, 1993—1999.
Head research department Statistics Norway, 1996—1999, director general, 2005—2010. Governor Norges Bank, Norway, since 2011.