Arve Johnsen was born on 18 February 1934. He was educated in
business administration with the degree
siviløkonom from the
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1957 and in
law with the degree
cand.jur. from the
University of Oslo in 1960. Johnsen was active in the
Norwegian Labour Party and was appointed
State Secretary to the
Minister of Industry during the
first cabinet Bratteli early in the 1970s. Johnsen was the first
Chief Executive Officer of
Statoil from the company founded in 1972. He was forced to withdraw in 1987 due to the
Mongstad scandal. Johnsen was a fellow of the
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Johnsen died on 6 December 2023, at the age of 89. ==References==