Svein Kristensen
Svein Ragnar Kristensen is a Norwegian civil servant.
Having graduated as siv.øk. from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, he embarked on a career as a civil servant, working in the Ministry of Local Government, the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and the National Insurance Administration. In 1996 he was hired as a sub-director in the Norwegian Tax Administration. Following the death of Tax Director Bjarne Johannes Hope, Kristensen became acting Tax Director on 1 July 2006; the appointment became permanent that December. In 2013 he was succeeded in this post by Hans Christian Holte.
