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| Born | (1957-06-27)June 27, 1957 Norway |
| Died | March 9, 2006(2006-03-09) (aged 48) Oslo |
| Occupation | founder and lead programmer ofOpera Software |
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Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the lead programmer atOpera Software. He andJon von Tetzchner were part of a research group at theNorwegian state phone company (now known asTelenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera. The project was abandoned by Telenor, but in 1995 Geir and Jon obtained the rights to the software, formed a company of their own, and continued working on it.
Now known simply asOpera, thebrowser has become very popular despite the competition.Opera Software has grown to more than 500 employees since it first moved to its present offices inOslo.
At a board meeting in January 2004, Geir Ivarsøy announced his wish to resign as a board member inOpera Software, though he remained active in the company even after that. In June 2005, he was elected as a member of the Nomination Committee of the company.
Ivarsøy died in March 2006 ofcancer.Opera distributions starting with Version 9 state "In memory of Geir Ivarsøy" on theiropera:about page.
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