Hans Goksøyr is a Norwegian businessperson in the petroleum industry

Petroleum industry

The petroleum industry includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transporting , and marketing petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline...

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He was born in Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...

, and took his secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School

Oslo katedralskole

Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian as Oslo katedralskole and more commonly as "Katta" is an upper secondary school located in Oslo, Norway. The school offers the college preparatory studiespesialisering of the Norwegian school system...

 in 1943. He then enrolled in the Royal Norwegian Air Force

Royal Norwegian Air Force

The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees . 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF...

 in-exile in Canada

Little Norway

The Flyvåpnenes Treningsleir , the official name) or "Little Norway" was a Norwegian Army Air Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in Canada during the Second World War.-Origins:...

, serving in World War II

World War II

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. After the war he returned to Norway, enrolling at the Norwegian Institute of Technology

Norwegian Institute of Technology

The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...

 in 1946. He graduated in 1951, and then worked as a research assistant and fellow until 1954. In 1955 he was hired in Shell Norway

Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...

, advancing to director of planning, public relations and environment in his later career. He left Shell in 1984, and was secretary-general in the Norwegian Petroleum Institute

Norwegian Petroleum Institute

The Norwegian Petroleum Institute is a Norwegian lobbying organization formed in 1970. Its purpose is to "attend to and promote the common interest of the [petroleum] industry"....

 from 1985 to 1989.

Goksøyr is also an amateur painter, and in 1954 he was represented with two works at the national Autumn Exhibit, Høstutstillingen

Høstutstillingen

Høstutstillingen or Statens kunstutstilling is an annual art exhibition in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition is Norway's largest marking of contemporary art and takes place each autumn. It is arranged by Norske Billedkunstnere . The exhibition is set up on the basis of free submission...

. Other hobbies include golf

Golf

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 and giving lectures. He settled at Nesøya

Nesøya

Nesøya is a small island in the municipality Asker, Norway. It is linked to the mainland via a bridge.The island is known for having a number of celebrities and members of the Norwegian financial elite among its residents....

in 1963, is married and has two sons.