1 1 ▁Governor ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Bank ▁of ▁Norway , ▁succeed ing ▁S ve in ▁G jed rem ▁in ▁that ▁position . ▁ ▁Career ▁O ls en ▁is ▁cand . oe con . ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Os lo ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁ ▁O ls en ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Central ▁Bank ▁governor ▁position ▁from ▁his ▁previous ▁rank ▁as ▁Man aging ▁Director ▁of ▁Statistics ▁Norway ▁( S SB ). ▁He ▁took ▁on ▁this ▁position ▁from ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁succeed ing ▁S ve in ▁Long va . ▁The ▁S SB ▁position ▁is ▁a ▁fixed ▁term ▁of ▁six ▁years . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁previously ▁worked ▁in ▁S SB ▁as ▁research er , ▁senior ▁research er , ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁O il ▁and ▁energy ▁group ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁After ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁E CON , ▁Center ▁for ▁Econom ic ▁Analysis , ▁O ls en ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁S SB ▁as ▁research ▁director ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁research ▁director ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁research ▁department ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁place . ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁until ▁he ▁became ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁S SB , ▁he ▁was ▁deput y ▁secretary ▁in ▁the ▁Econom ics ▁Department ▁of ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Fin ance . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 9 3