Harald Gjein

Harald Gjein
Director-General of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
Preceded byJoakim Lystad
Personal details
Born3 June 1955
Stokke
NationalityNorwegian

Harald Johannes Gjein (born 3 June 1955 in Stokke) is a Norwegian veterinarian and civil servant, and the current director-general of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. He was appointed by the King-in-Council on 15 April 2011 and took office on 1 June 2011, succeeding Joakim Lystad.[1]

He graduated as a veterinarian at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in 1980, and holds a dr.scient. degree from 1994, with the dissertation Housing of pregnant sows: a field study on health and welfare, with special emphasis on claw lesions.[2] He was CEO of the swine producers' association Norsvin from 2000 to 2007 and deputy director of the Norwegian Veterinary Institute 2007–2009 and director 2009–2011.[3]

  1. ^ Harald Gjein blir adm.dir. i Mattilsynet, Government.no
  2. ^ Harald Gjein ny administrerende direktør Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, vetinst.no, 3 December 2008
  3. ^ "Harald Johannes Gjein". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 March 2019.