Abelia (organisation)

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Abelia is an employers' organisation in Norway, organised under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.

Its predecessor was Kunnskapsbedriftenes landsforening. Managing director from 1986 to 2000 was Finn Karsten Ramstad. [1]

Abelia was established in 2001, and has 2,800 member companies. The first managing director, from 2001 to 2013, was Paul Chaffey. [2] Håkon Haugli took over in 2014. [3] Haugli went on to Innovation Norway in 2019 and was succeeded by Øystein Eriksen Søreide. [4]

References

  1. "70 år 21. mai: Advokat Finn Karsten Ramstad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 11 May 2010.
  2. "Abelia". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. "Håkon Haugli ny administrerende direktør i Abelia" (in Norwegian). Forskning.no. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. "Høyre-politiker blir ny toppsjef i Abelia: - Ser frem til å komme tilbake til næringslivet" (in Norwegian). Kampanje. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2025.