Jan Grøndahl

Norwegian police chief and civil servant

Jan Grøndahl (12 July 1934 - 6 November 2022) was a Norwegian police chief and civil servant.

He was born in Oslo, and took the cand.jur. degree. After spending the years 1972 to 1977 as chief of police in Sør-Varanger Municipality, he served as Governor of Svalbard from 1978 to 1982 and chief of police in Hamar Municipality from 1982 to 1998—except for the years 1991 to 1993, when he was acting director of the Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency.[1]

References

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Jan Grøndahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Leif Eldring
Governor of Svalbard
1978–1982
Succeeded by
Carl Alexander Wendt
Police appointments
Preceded by
Svein Urdal
Acting Director of the
Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency

1991–1993
Succeeded by


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