Norwegian Business School

Norwegian Business School
founding	1936
Sponsorship	state
place	Bergen , Norway
Rector	Øystein Thøgersen
Students	3,413 including bachelor's degree (2014)
Employee	393 (2014)
Networks	CEMS
Website	www.nhh.no

The Norwegian Commercial College (norw. Norges Handelshøyskole), or NHH for short , was founded in Bergen in 1936 and, with around 3400 students and almost 400 academic staff, is considered to be the most important university for business and economics in Norway .

Bergen School of Commerce (Handelshøyskole)

history

The NHH was built on the basis of the long trading tradition of the Hanseatic cities in Bergen. A forerunner was the Bergen Commercial High School, founded in 1904. As early as 1917, the Storting decided at about the same time as the other Scandinavian countries to found a commercial college, but this decision was not implemented for a long time. The pioneer in founding the university was the Bergen politician Kristofer Didrik Lehmkuhl . A statue of Lehmkuhl stands today in front of the commercial college building. One reason for settling in Bergen was that not all further education institutions in Norway should be concentrated in Oslo , where economics and statistics were taught at the university.

On September 7, 1936, the university began a two-year course of study that ended with the title of commercial candidate . Since the 1950s, the model of American business schools has been used .

A large part of Norway's financial and business elite were trained at the NHH. Numerous graduates work in the fields of management consulting, auditing and banking. In 2004, NHH graduate Finn E. Kydland received the Nobel Prize in Economics along with Edward C. Prescott .

Master of Science degrees

Economics
Energy, natural resources and the environment
Finance
International management
Marketing and Brand Management
Strategy and management

Ph.D. program

The dissertations of the Ph.D. Program are published in full text on the university's website.

Well-known graduates

Svein Aaser (* 1946), CEO of the financial group DNB ASA
Karl H. Borch (1919–1986), Norwegian economic theorist
Kristin Clemet (* 1957), Norwegian politician
Kristin Krohn Devold (* 1961), Norwegian politician
Inge Ketil Hansen (* 1946), Norwegian manager, board member of Hydro
Knut Arild Hareide (* 1972), Norwegian politician
Finn Jebsen (* 1950), Norwegian manager of the Orkla Group
Siv Jensen (* 1969), Norwegian politician
Karl Gustav Jöreskog (* 1935), Swedish mathematician
Idar Kreutzer (* 1962), Norwegian manager, director of Finans Norge
Finn Erling Kydland (* 1943), Norwegian economist
Helge Lund (* 1962), Norwegian manager, CEO of StatoilHydro
Jens Ulltveit Moe (* 1942), Norwegian entrepreneur, founder of the energy and shipping company Umoe
Jan Mossin (1936–1987), Norwegian financial market theorist
Agnar Mykle (1915-1994), Norwegian writer
Jo Nesbø (* 1960), Norwegian musician and author
Victor Danielsen Norman (* 1946), Norwegian economist and politician
Dag Jakob Opedal (* 1959), Norwegian manager, CEO of the Orkla Group
Thorolf Rafto (1922–1986), Norwegian economic historian and human rights activist
Agnar Sandmo (1938–2019), Norwegian economist
Knut Vollebæk (* 1946), Norwegian politician
Tore Ellingsen (* 1962), Norwegian economist

Others

The three-part Norwegian thriller series " Mammon " (2014) is set in part at the NHH.

Web links

Commons : Norwegian Business School - collection of images, videos and audio files

Norwegian Business School - official website, Norwegian, English
Norwegian Business School in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

↑ NHH's history. (PDF) In: nhh.no. Retrieved February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).
↑ List of dissertations ordered by date on nhh.no
^ Tore Ellingsen. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .
^ Stian Fyen: - Internasjonalt kalles Oslo Børs for innsidebørsen. February 3, 2014, accessed February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).
↑ Mammon Episode 6: I'll be the judge of that. In: wandywatson. May 2, 2014, accessed February 23, 2020 .

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[1] NHH's history. (PDF) In: nhh.no. Retrieved February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).

[2] List of dissertations ordered by date on nhh.no

[3] Tore Ellingsen. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .

[4] Stian Fyen: - Internasjonalt kalles Oslo Børs for innsidebørsen. February 3, 2014, accessed February 23, 2020 (Norwegian).

[5] Mammon Episode 6: I'll be the judge of that. In: wandywatson. May 2, 2014, accessed February 23, 2020 .