Jørgen Watne Frydnes

Jørgen Watne Frydnes
Born (1984-11-26) 26 November 1984 (age 40)[1]
NationalityNorwegian
AwardsFritt Ord Honorary Award (2021)

Jørgen Watne Frydnes (born 26 November 1984) is a Norwegian administrator and politician.

He has been a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2021, and chair of the committee since 2024.

Career

Frydnes has been General Secretary of PEN Norway since 2023. He was previously the CEO of Utøya AS from 2011 to 2023.[2] Utøya and Frydnes received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2021.[3]

In 2020 he was elected member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for the period 2021–2026.[4][5][6] He is a board member of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.[7]

In February 2024, it was announced that he would become the new chair of the Nobel Committee, succeeding Berit Reiss-Andersen. With his appointment, Watne Frydnes would be the youngest person to have ever led the committee.[8]

Criticism

In October 2024, the accounting company PwC released a report from investigation of the limited company Utøya AS, where they listed several possible violations of corporate law (Norwegian: Aksjeloven [no]) during the period when Frydnes led the company.[9]

References

  1. ^ Lie, Kjersti Kanestrøm. "Jørgen Watne Frydnes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ Bromark, Stian (2017). "Demokrativaktmesteren. Jobben til Jørgen Frydnes er å gjøre det meningsløse meningsfylt". Agenda Magasin (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Fritt Ords Honnør 2021. Utøya og Jørgen Watne Frydnes". frittord.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ Bakken, Laila Ø. (11 November 2020). "Utøya-gjenreiser erstatter Jagland i Nobelkomiteen". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Valg av medlemmer til Nobelkomiteen". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Den Norske Nobelkomite". nobelpeaceprize.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Den norske Helsingforskomité. Styret". nhc.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Tidligere Utøya-sjef Jørgen Watne Frydnes blir ny leder av Nobelkomiteen" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  9. ^ Andresen, Frode; Skiphamn, Silje Sjursen; Jensen, Balder Haarklou; Jor, Eira Lie; Ruud, Solveig (14 October 2024). "Tidligere Utøya-sjef anklages for en rekke mulige brudd på aksjeloven". Altinget (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.


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