Bjørn Kjos
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Bjørn Kjos
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| Born |
18 July 1946 Sokna, Ringerike |
| Residence | Vestre Aker, Oslo |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater |
University of Oslo Norwegian Air Force Academy |
| Occupation | Corporate executive |
| Known for | Chief executive officer of Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| Net worth | €300mn |
| Spouse(s) | Gerd Helene Kjos |
| Children | Lars Ola (b. 1978) Guri Helene (b. 1980) Anna Helene (b. 1983) |
Bjørn Kjos (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian aviator, lawyer, and business magnate. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavia's second largest airline, and Europe's third largest low-cost airline.
Kjos was born and grew up in Sokna in Ringerike. In 1953, his father Ola started the airline Norsk Skogbruksfly, and bought a Piper Cub. After serving as a paratrooper with the Norwegian Army, Bjørn enrolled at the Norwegian Air Force Academy. He became a trained pilot in the Royal Norwegian Air Force during two years of training in Mississippi and Arizona in the United States, and flew Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Northrop F-5 from 1969 to 1975 during the height of the Cold war. Upon returning to Norway he applied for work at the Scandinavian Airlines System, since however they did not need any new pilots, Kjos started studying law at the University of Oslo. From 1983 to 2002, he worked as a lawyer, and was also for a period a judge in Moss District Court. Since 1993 he has access to work with Supreme Court cases.
In 1986, Bjørn and his brother Tore started Read-gruppen, that worked with seismology in the North Sea for the oil industry. In 1993, following the bankruptcy of the airline Busy Bee, Kjos and several employees started Norwegian Air Shuttle, that used the newly available Fokker 50 aircraft to fly regional routes in Western Norway for Braathens SAFE, routes which had previously been served by Busy Bee.
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