State Secretary Bjørg Sandkjær
State Secretary Bjørg Sandkjær (Centre Party)
Appointed:
14/10/2021
Born:
1972
E-mail
bjorg.sandkjaer@mfa.no
Phone:
23 95 00 52
Latest speeches and statements
- Statement at the Ministerial round table at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
- State Secretary Sandkjær’s address to ambassadors
- Statement at Ministerial round table at the Commission on the Status of Women
- Statement at opening of the Norad Conference
- Norway's support to Equal Rights Coalition and efforts for LHBTI+ persons
Work experience
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2021 – |
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2019 – 2021 |
Deputy leader, Oslo City Council Standing Committee on Health and Welfare |
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2011 – 2019 |
Senior Adviser, Norad |
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2007 – 2010 |
Senior Programme Officer, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Geneva |
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2003 – 2007 |
Associate Demographer, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia |
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2002 – 2003 |
Adviser, Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations |
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1999 – 2002 |
Project Manager, Kontekst Kommunikasjon |
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1998 – 1999 |
Healthy Planet Forum Officer, Uned-UK, London |
Education
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1998 |
MSc Demography, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
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1997 |
Undergraduate degree (Cand. mag.), Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo |