Industri Energi is the largest union in companies like Statoil, Norsk Hydro and Orkla.
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He worked in the Orkla Group from 1989 to 2000, where he spent the years 1989 - 1994 in various marketing positions before proceeding to Sales Director from 1994 to 1997, and CEO of Orkla's subsidiary Sætre from 1997 to 2000.
To save the company from bankruptcy the Orkla owned Chr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications Aktieselskab (S&T), Kredittkassen and the Municipality of Hemne went inn with NOK 8 million to save the company, and sold all non-transport related activities.
In 2005 Orkla bought the Norwegian material company Elkem and Sapa Group in Sweden.
(Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag) was established as a limited company at a constituting meeting in Stockholm on 7 December 1904.
He is Chairman of the Board of Orkla, where he is a large owner, and holds large ownerships of Steen & Strøm, Jernia and Komplett through his family company Canica.