Roar Arntzen

Roar Arntzen (born 23 November 1947) is a Norwegian engineer.

He grew up in Rosenborg and Byåsen, and took the siv.ing. degree at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in his hometown. He was hired as a researcher in SINTEF in 1971, an institute for technical and industrial research. In 1977 he was hired as a chief engineer in Autronica, where he served five years as chief executive from 1984 to 1989, when he became director of the SINTEF company Elab-Runit. He advanced further to vice chief executive of SINTEF in 1991 and chief executive in 1995. He was first acting chief executive for some months before being hired on a permanent basis in November 1995. In March 2002 he was announced as the new chief executive of St. Olav Hospital.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He resigned in March 2006, and was succeeded by Gunnar Bovim.^[6][7]

Arntzen chairs Renholdsverket^[8] and has chaired Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the gentlemen's club Harmonien.^[9] He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.^[10]

As of 2020, he sits on the board of directors for 5 companies and currently serves as the director of Trondheim Parkering, a parking company.^[11][12]

References

1. Kjærvik, Atle (22 November 1995). "Roar Arntzen toppsjef i SINTEF". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 10.
2. "Sintefsjef blir sykehussjef". Teknisk Ukeblad (in Norwegian). 19 March 2002.
3. "Jovial bamse". Teknisk Ukeblad (in Norwegian). 5 April 2002.
4. By Rise, Mari; Ellingsen, Lajla (19 March 2002). "Arntzen ny sykehusdirektør". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 4.
5. Jensen, Johan O. (6 April 2002). "Ingen ryddegutt". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian).
6. "Går av som direktør ved St. Olavs hospital" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 24 March 2006.
7. "Ny direktør ved St. Olavs hospital" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 November 2006.
8. Bergesen, Norunn (24 June 2011). "Går av med overskudd". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 8.
9. Wahl-Olsen, Siri (25 March 2006). "Nødlanding på Øya". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 44.
10. "Medlemmer: ARNTZEN, Roar" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
11. "Roar Arntzen – 13 roller i norsk næringsliv". www.proff.no. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
12. "Endringer i styresammensetning og ledelse - Trondheim parkering". trondheimparkering.no. Retrieved 2020-02-18.

Preceded by Thor O. Olsen	Chief executive of SINTEF 1995–2002	Succeeded by Morten Loktu
Preceded by Valborg Sund	Chief executive of St. Olav Hospital 2002–2006	Succeeded by Gunnar Bovim