Anne Carine Tanum

Anne Carine Tanum
Tanum at the central bank chiefs speech in 2016.
Born (1954-11-27) 27 November 1954 (age 69)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationBusiness executive

Anne Carine Tanum (born 27 November 1954) is a Norwegian business executive. She is the former owner and managing director of the Tanum chain of bookstores in the Oslo area which was sold to Egmont in 2006.[1] The current chair of DNB and Litteraturhuset (Oslo's House of Literature), in May 2015 she was appointed chair of the board of directors of the Norwegian Opera.[2]

Earlier responsibilities have included board chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and director of the Vital Forsikring life insurance company. As of September 2015, she is a director of Europris, Kilden, E-Co Energi Holding, E-CO Energi, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Cappelen Damm Holding, Ancata and the International Research Institute of Stavanger.[3]

Anne Carine Tanum is the granddaughter of Johan Grundt Tanum (1891–1978), an important figure in the Norwegian publishing sphere.[4] She holds a law degree from the University of Oslo. In 2011, she was named Norway's Female Chair of the Year for her skills in the boardroom at DnB (Den Norske Bank).[5]

  1. ^ "Anne Carine Tanum" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Anne Carine Tanum ny styreleder på Operaen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Anne Carine Tanum". BloombergBusiness. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Johan Grundt Tanum" (in Norwegian). lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Årets Styreleder 2011 Anne Carine Tanum, DnB asa - Chair of the Year" (in Norwegian). styreinfo.no. Retrieved 10 September 2015.