Erik Tønseth became director-general of Kværner in 1989, and under his leadership the company underwent large-scale international expansion, acquiring the state-owned Govan Shipbuilders from British Shipbuilders.
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He was a board member of Union Co from 1924 to 1940, Lilleborg Fabrikker from 1930, Kværner Brug from 1931, De-No-Fa from 1945, of the bank Centralbanken for Norge from 1923 to 1935 and of Granfos Brug and the Federation of Norwegian Industries.