# Marit Wiig

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{{Short description|Norwegian civil servant and organizational leader}}
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'''Marit Wiig''' (born 14 October 1949) is a Norwegian civil servant and organizational leader.

A [cand.jur.](/source/cand.jur.) by education, she worked as deputy under-secretary of State in the [Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration](/source/Norwegian_Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs_and_Administration) from 1986 to 1990. She then worked for the [Norges Postsparebank](/source/Postbanken) from 1990 and the World Bank from 1992; she returned as CEO of [Postbanken](/source/Postbanken) from 1994 to 1995. She worked for the [Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise](/source/Confederation_of_Norwegian_Enterprise) from 1995 to 1999 and as director of the [Norwegian Customs and Excise Authorities](/source/Norwegian_Customs_and_Excise_Authorities) from 1999<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Wiig, Marit |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=1247724 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to 2007. During parts of her tenure, [Øystein Haraldsen](/source/%C3%98ystein_Haraldsen) was acting director.<ref>{{cite news |author=Norwegian News Agency |title=Bjørn Røse ny toll- og avgiftsdirektør |date=4 May 2007 }}</ref>

In her younger days she was a handball player, winning several national league titles with her club [IL Vestar](/source/IL_Vestar). She remained in sports after retiring, as vice president of the [Norwegian Handball Federation](/source/Norwegian_Handball_Federation) from 1984 to 1988, member of the board of the [Norwegian Confederation of Sports](/source/Norwegian_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Committee_and_Confederation_of_Sports) from 1987 to 1990 and vice president from 1990 to 1994.<ref name="snl"/> She was succeeded by [Tove Strand](/source/Tove_Strand) as vice president.<ref name="bio">{{stortingetbio|TOGE|name=Tove Strand}}</ref> Furthermore, Wiig was a board member of the [Norwegian Olympic Committee](/source/Norwegian_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Committee_and_Confederation_of_Sports) from 1988 to 1994 as well as for LOOC, the [Lillehammer Olympic](/source/1994_Winter_Olympics) [Organising Committee](/source/Lillehammer_Olympic_Organising_Committee).<ref name="snl"/>

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Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:Directors of government agencies of Norway
Category:Norwegian women civil servants
Category:Norwegian women's handball players
Category:Norwegian sports executives and administrators
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportswomen

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