Sigrun Elisabeth Vågeng is a Norwegian businessperson.

She took her education at 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...

 in 1975, graduating as cand.mag.

Cand.mag.

Candidatus magisterii , Candidata magisterii , i.e. Latin Candidate of Arts, abbreviated cand.mag., is an academic degree used in Denmark, and formerly in Norway and Iceland, roughly corresponding to an American Master of Arts and officially translated as such...

, and took an MBA degree at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 2001. She worked as chief staff officer at Grand Hotel, Oslo from 1980, and in 1990 she became director of the employers' association Norsk Hotell- og Restaurantforbund, a forerunner of the Norwegian Hospitality Association

Norwegian Hospitality Association

The Norwegian Hospitality Association is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.The current Director General is Knut Almquist. Chairman of the board is Ragnar Heggdal....

. From 1994 to 2001 she was a sub-director in the Federation of Norwegian Process Industries

Federation of Norwegian Process Industries

The Federation of Norwegian Process Industries was an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. On 1 January 2006 it was merged with the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries to form the Federation of Norwegian Industries....

. In 2002 she became the executive director for labour market and social affairs in the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...

. She also represented her organization in the National Wages Board

National Wages Board

The National Wages Board is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes.Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life stall, and if the conflict has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society"...

. In 2009 she became the director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities and the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities...

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She is a member of the board of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and from 1992 to 1994 of Oslo Lufthavn AS, the company that manages 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...

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