Kaare Frydenberg

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Kaare Frydenberg (born 30 April 1950) is a Norwegian businessperson.

Education and early career

He was born at Bærum Hospital, graduated from upper secondary school at

Norwegian School of Management with a siv.øk. degree.[1]

He started his career in the media. He was assisting director of the newspaper Aftenposten from 1977 to 1987, and the chief executive officer of Dagens Næringsliv from 1987 to 1989, overseeing its name change from Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende. From 1989 to 1996 he again worked for Aftenposten, first as deputy CEO, then as CEO.[1]

Later career

From 1996 to 2000 Frydenberg was the CEO of Pripps Ringnes,

postal offices into grocery stores, dubbed "Post i butikk" (lit. post-in-store). The company also made moves in the market, such as the buying of smaller company Nor-Cargo, to compensate for the general decline in the sending of letters.[3]

Frydenberg was one of the best paid leaders of a Norwegian

In 2005 Frydenberg started working as a partner in Saga Corporate Management. In this job, he has been loaned out to companies that need a temporary business executive.[1] The best-known job since 2005 has been CEO of Scandinavian Property Development (SPDE). The company ventured into selling property at Fornebu, but the actual development was very slow. The company struggled with slim income and high loans. Frydenberg was brought in to replace the fired CEO Stein Haugbro on 1 September 2008, and resigned in March 2009.[7][8]

Frydenberg has also been chairman of ErgoGroup,[6] Arcus, Asker og Bærums Budstikke, Dinamo Forlag, Hotel Continental, Oslo and NKI-gruppen, and a board member of Dagens Næringsliv.[1]

He is married and has two children, and resides at Bekkestua.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Byles, Anine G. (15 April 2010). "Arvelig belastet jurist". Budstikka (in Norwegian). pp. 62–63.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  3. ^ "– Slutt på dramatiske nedbemanninger i Posten" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 May 2005.
  4. ^ "Avslutter med tre mill". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 14 April 2005. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Lønnsfyrstene i statlige selskaper". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 10 May 2005. p. 8.
  6. ^ a b Syversen, Atle (7 October 2004). "Postmann Kaare på toppen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  7. ^ Nygaard, Lars-Erik (22 August 2008). "Ba om tid – ble sendt på dør". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  8. ^ Aartun, Jorun Sofie F. (18 March 2009). "Går på dagen". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 19.