Jørn Rattsø

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Jørn Rattsø (September 27, 1952(1952-09-27) in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian professor of economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Chairman of Enova.

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As a young adult (1975-1976) Rattsø was leader of Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party.

He is a graduate of the University of Oslo, where he earned a cand.oecon. degree in 1978 and a dr.philos. degree in 1988. He work as a resercher for the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Rural Research (1978-79) and the Research Council of Norway (1980-82). From 1982-90 he was Associate Professor at the University of Trondheim, and was appointed Professor in 1990. The university merged to form NTNU in 1996.