Kari-Anne Opsal - Political Advisor

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

Acting State Secretary Kari-Anne Opsal (Labour Party)

Born: 1967

Education

25 October 2000	Licence to practise law
Spring 2000	Bar course	Oslo
Autumn 1992	Candidata juris (law) degree	University of Tromsø
1991	Special course in local government law	University of Oslo
1983 – 1986	Upper secondary school	Music curriculum, Heggen
1983	Primary and lower secondary school	Hagebyen Lower Secondary School

Job experience

Period	Position	Employer
1 Jan. 2001 -	Attorney	Self-employed
1 Sep. 2000 – 31 Dec. 2000	Staff attorney	Attorney Karl Larsen
1 Sep. 1998 – 31 Aug. 2000	Deputy advocate	Attorney Karl Larsen
10 Apr. 1997 – 31 Jul. 1998	Union representative	Norwegian Civil Service Union National Association 103 – National Insurance Service
16 Oct. 1995 – 10 Apr. 1997	Senior executive officer	County Office of the National Insurance Service, Akershus county
21 Feb. 1994 – 15 Oct. 1995	Executive officer	Nittedal National Insurance Office
14 May 1993 – 20 Feb. 1994	Legal adviser	Troms County Tax Collector
4 Feb. 1993 – 3 May 1993	General manager	Juss Hjelpa (legal aid) in Northern Norway
20 Aug. 1991 – 31 May 1992	Executive officer	Juss Hjelpa (legal aid) in Northern Norway, 2/5 position
27 Aug. 1990 – 26 Aug. 1991	General manager	Juss Hjelpa (legal aid) in Northern Norway, 4/5 position
7 Mar. 1990 – 31 May 1990	Research assistant, library	Univ. og Tromsø, Faculty of Law, ¼ position.

From autumn 2004 part-time lecturer child welfare law and administrative law at Harstad University College.

Offices

Deputy mayor, Harstad municipality		from autumn 2003
Chair of the Tax Committee, Harstad municipality		from autumn 1991
Chair of the Election Committee		from autumn 2003
Chair of the Administrative Board		from autumn 2003
Member of the Board of Destinasjon Harstad AS		from spring 2004
Member of the Board of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund, Hålogaland Division		from 2004
Member of the Executive Committee of the Troms Labour Party		from 2005

Various municipal offices in the period 1999-2003:

Member of the municipal council

Member of Harstad Office of the Public Guardian, Administrative Board and Working Environment Committee.

Chair of the Regular Doctor Committee, Tax Committee and Working Environment Committee.

Served as county union representative for the Norwegian Civil Service Union – National Insurance Service in Akershus county, while I worked at Nittedal National Insurance Office. Obtained release for 50% position

Member of the Executive Committee of the Norwegian Civl Service Union - National Association 103 – National Insurance Service from spring 1996 and treasurer from 10 April 1997 to 31 July 1998. Released for a 100% position from 10 April 1997.

Other

Project developer/initiator for the absenteeism-reduction project “Ringnesprosjektet” while working at Nittedal National Insurance Office, one of the precursors of the current More Inclusive Workplace scheme.

Project developer/initiator of the Stien langs sjøen (Path along the sea) – planned footpath along the waterfront in Harstad

Initiator of a coordinated violence register situated in Harstad. There are a large number of unreported violent acts against women and children. Statistics are inadequate because only a few victims seek police assistance. The proposal to set up a coordinated register where crises centres, the police, hospitals and family welfare and child welfare agencies participate. The knowledge gained is also to be used to implement targeted preventive measures.