{"id":28946,"date":"2026-05-26T15:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datacentrecongress.com\/europe\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=28946"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:20:32","slug":"havard-lien-kvareng","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/datacentrecongress.com\/europe\/speaker\/havard-lien-kvareng\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e5vard Lien-Kvareng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u00e5vard Lien-Kvareng is CFO at Skygard, Norway&#8217;s sovereign data center company backed by Telenor, Hafslund, and HitecVision. He brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of finance and strategy &#8211; from investment banking at Handelsbanken Capital Markets and strategic roles at Telenor Group, to entrepreneurial ventures and now the capital-intensive world of critical digital infrastructure. 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