Nicolay William Nilsen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 businessperson.

He is the current CEO of Oslo Lufthavn AS, the company that manages the Oslo Airport, Gardermoen

Oslo Airport, Gardermoen

Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is the principal airport serving Oslo, Norway. It acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Widerøe, it is...

. He started working at Gardermoen in 1995, overseeing the airport's transition from being second in rank to Oslo Airport, Fornebu

Oslo Airport, Fornebu

Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and the area has since been redeveloped. The airport was located at Fornebu in Bærum, from the city center. Fornebu had two runways, one...

 into becoming the main airport of Norway. In addition, he is a member of the board of Flytoget AS

Flytoget

is a Norwegian high-speed airport rail link connecting Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Oslo Central Station in nineteen minutes. Run by Flytoget AS , it operates on the high-speed Gardermoen Line using sixteen GMB Class 71 electric trains. Normal service frequency is once every ten minutes, with half...

.

When Randi Flesland

Randi Flesland

Randi Runa Svenkerud Flesland is a Norwegian civil servant.Flesland was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with education in business administration, psychology and pedagogy. She has had several leading positions in Norges Statsbaner, until 2000, when she became acting president...

 quit her job as CEO of Avinor

Avinor

Avinor AS is a state owned limited company in that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the privatization of the...

 in December 2005, Nilsen became acting CEO. In April the next year, Sverre Quale

Sverre Quale

Sverre Quale is a Norwegian civil servant and businessperson.He grew up in Mo i Rana and currently lives in Billingstad. He is a siv. ing. by education, graduating from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1982....

 took over on a permanent basis.

Nilsen took over as acting CEO again in November 2010. In January 2011 he was replaced by Dag Falk-Petersen.