Svein Harald Øygard (born 29 June 1960) is a Norwegian economist and former Interim President of the Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands).
[1] He was head of the Central Bank of Iceland in 2009, succeeded Davíð Oddsson and was in office from February to August 2009.
The book, In the Combat Zone of Finance, is due to be published in Chinese (Citic Press).
During his time at McKinsey and Company, Øygard focused on projects and policy in the energy, industry, finance and public administration sectors.
Øygard was part of the team that dealt with the Norwegian banking and currency crisis in 1992.