Randi Flesland

Randi Runa Svenkerud Flesland (born 17 November 1955 in Oslo) is a Norwegian civil servant.

Flesland was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with education in business administration, psychology and pedagogy. She had several leading positions in Norges Statsbaner, until 2000, when she became acting president. This was against her will, as she originally resigned in protest due to her support of the fired president Osmund Ueland.Arne Wam took over some days later.

Later in 2000 she became director of the Norwegian National Airport Administration; later the agency became Avinor. She was fired in December 2005 after a long conflict with the trade unions. She was instead hired in IBM. In 2008 she became the new director of the Norwegian Consumer Council.

She shares the name Flesland with Norway's second largest airport.

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Flesland

Flesland is a village in Bergen municipality, Norway. As of January 1, 2008, its population is 335.

It is the site of Bergen Airport, Flesland and Flesland Air Station.

The name

The village is named after the old farm Flesland, and the Norse form of the name was probably Flesjaland. The first element is the genitive plural of fles f 'skerry, sunken rock', the last element is land n 'land, farm'.

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Coordinates: 60°18′N 5°13′E / 60.300°N 5.217°E / 60.300; 5.217