Bjørn Otto Sverdrup

Bjørn Otto Sverdrup was the head of secretariat for the Norwegian 22 July Commision. The independent commission’s mandate was to review and learn from the attacks on the Government Complex and Utøya Island on 22 July 2011. The commison's report answers three main questions:

• What happened on 22 July?
• Why did it happen?
• How could our society have let this happen?

An important part of the commission's report is recommendations for societal safety.

Sverdrup has a cand polit in politcal science from the University of Oslo, Norway. He has many years of experience from management, emergency and crisis handling in Hydro and as a part of the top management in Statoil's activities at the Norwegian continental shelf.

He is currently a vice president communications at Statoil's international.

Last modified: 17 January 2013