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{{Short description|Norwegian state-owned airport operator}}
{{Infobox company 
| name = Avinor AS
| logo = Avinor logo purple.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Public ownership|State owned]]
| foundation = 1 July 1947 (as Luftfartsverket)<br />1 January 2003 (as Avinor)
| location = [[Oslo]], Norway
| key_people = {{ubl|Abraham Foss (CEO)|[[Ola Mørkved Rinnan]] (Chairman)}}
| area_served = [[Norway]]
| industry = [[Airport operator]]
| products = 
| revenue = {{profit}} [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 7,871 million (2010)
| profit = NOK 1745 million (2010)
| num_employees = 2,400
| parent = [[Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications]]
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://avinor.no/en/|avinor.no/en}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Avinor AS''' is a state-owned [[aksjeselskap|limited company]] that operates most of the civil airports in [[Norway]]. The Norwegian state, via the [[Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications]], controls 100&nbsp;percent of the [[share capital]]. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the [[privatization]] of the '''Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration''' known as '''''Luftfartsverket'''''. Its head office is in [[Bjørvika]], [[Oslo]], located on the seaside of [[Oslo Central Station]].<ref>"[http://www.avinor.no/en/avinor/aboutavinor/Contact+us Contact us]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527071006/http://www.avinor.no/en/avinor/aboutavinor/Contact%2Bus |date=May 27, 2010 }}." Avinor. Retrieved on 9 March 2010.</ref>

Avinor owns and operates 44 [[airport]]s in Norway, fourteen in association with the [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]], and is responsible for [[air traffic control]] services in Norway. In addition to the 44 airports, it operates three [[Area Control Center]]s: [[Bodø Air Traffic Control Center]], [[Stavanger Air Traffic Control Center]] and [[Oslo ATCC]].

{{As of|2010}}, the chief executive officer was [[Sverre Quale]] who has been in the job since 18 April 2006. He was previously the head of the [[Norwegian Accident Investigation Board]]. As of 2011, Sverre Quale has been employed as the CEO at Multiconsult. His replacement, [[Dag Falk-Petersen]], was CEO of [[CHC Helicopters]]. In February 2021, [[Abraham Foss]] took on the role of CEO of the company. Avinor has about 3000 employees, including air traffic control, air navigation services, rescue, maintenance, administration and other airport operations personnel.

==History==
On 1 July 1947, the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication created the '''Aviation Directorate''' (''Luftfartsdirektoratet'') to take over the responsibility for the civilian airports in Norway. Until then the [[Norwegian Ministry of Defence]] was responsible for operating airports, including the civilian ones. This responsibility had been delegated to the '''Aviation Council''' (''Luftfartsrådet'') within the ministry. The first director was [[Einar Bøe]] (1947–1964), followed by [[Erik Willoch]] (1964–1989), [[Ove Liavaag]] (1989–2000), [[Randi Flesland]] (2000–2005), [[Sverre Quale]] (2006–2010),<ref>{{cite book |last=Malmø |first=Morten |title=Norge på vingene |year=1947 |publisher=Andante Forlag |location=Oslo |isbn=82-91056-13-7 |page=45}}</ref> [[Dag Falk-Petersen]] (2011–2021) and [[Abraham Foss]] (2021–).

The organisation changed its name to Luftfartsverket in 1967.<ref>{{cite book |last=Malmø |first=Morten |title=Norge på vingene |year=1947 |publisher=Andante Forlag |location=Oslo |isbn=82-91056-13-7 |page=50}}</ref> In 1997, [[Oslo Airport, Fornebu]] and the then under construction [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]], were merged into a separate subsidiary, Oslo Lufthavn AS. This company still operates Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. On 14 December 2005, CEO Randi Flesland resigned after an ongoing dispute with employees. She was temporarily replaced by [[Nic. Nilsen]] until Sverre Quale took over.

== Awards ==
[[File:Avinor receives the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame™.jpg|thumb|Avinor receives the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame™ at the 2017 Palladium Positive Impact Summit.]]
* Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy™ (class of 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/research-and-impact/awards-program/past-winners-hall-of-fame#content|title=Palladium - Awards Program|website=www.thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090328/http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/research-and-impact/awards-program/past-winners-hall-of-fame#content|archive-date=2018-02-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Norway|Aviation}}
*{{official website|https://avinor.no/en/}}
*[https://avinor.no/en/corporate/ About Avinor] {{in lang|en}}
*{{official website|http://www.avinor.no}} {{in lang|no}}

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[[Category:Avinor| ]]
[[Category:Airport operators]]
[[Category:Government-owned companies of Norway]]
[[Category:Air navigation service providers]]
[[Category:Ministry of Transport (Norway)]]