Jan Einar Greve is a Norwegian lawyer.

He graduated from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 as cand.jur. in 1959, and worked as a solicitor from 1961. From 1963 he is a barrister, with the mandate to work with cases in the Supreme Court of Norway

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

.

Greve has been the chairman of the board of Bergen Bank

Bergen Bank

Bergen Bank was a Norwegian commercial bank in existence between 1975 and 1990. It was created as a merger between Bergens Privatbank and Bergens Kreditbank while the bank Kvam Privatbank was acquired in 1979. In 1988 it bought Nevi. Bergen Bank, which was based in Bergen, Norway, merged with Den...

 (1970-1986, including its predecessor Bergens Privatbank), Rieber & Søn

Rieber & Søn

Rieber & Søn is a Norwegian food manufacturing company the owns and produces a wide range of products and brands. The company is based in Bergen with more than 25 brands in 12 countries, of which 7 have manufacturing plants...

 (1987-2000), Vesta Forsikring (1988-2003), Høyteknologisenteret (1989-present) and Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fourth largest newspaper and largest newspaper outside Oslo, with a circulation of about 87,000 copies . Founded in 1868, it is a Norwegian-language newspaper published daily in Bergen. It reaches approximately 260,000 readers every day , mainly in the counties of...

. In 2007 he was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.