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State Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Care Services from October 16. 2013
Born:
1936
Marital status:
Married with two children
State Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Care Services from October 16. 2013.
| Education/Professions: | |
| 1969-2006 | Employed at the Psychiatric Clinic and at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, as senior registrar (US: senior resident); consultant physician (attending physician); scientific officer, (senior technical officer (research associate); senior lecturer (associate professor) and professor |
| 1980 | MD |
| 1969 | Specialist in psychiatry |
| 1962 | Bachelor of medicine, MB, Oslo |
| Political positions: | |
| 1992-1996 | 1992-96 Member of Oslo City Council and Board |
| 1991 | Candidate for the Mayorship of Oslo City Council for Conservative Party |
| 1989-19989 and 1991-1992 |
Member of the Executive Committee for the Conservative Party |
| 1990-1991 | First deputy chair for the Conservative Party |
| 1985-1989 | Chair of the National Conservative Woman Association |
| 1985-1989 | Member of Parliament |
| 1986 | Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Governmental Administration and Consumer's Affairs |
| 1981-1985 | Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Social Affairs |
| Posts: | |
| 2010- | Chair of Oslo Byes Vel |
| 2007-2011 | Chair of the Norwegian Institute for psychotherapy |
| 2005-2009 | Member of the Regional Ethics Research |
| 2004-2008 | Chair of The Norwegian UNESCO-commission |
| 2004- | Chair of The Restoration Workshop of Nidaros Cathedral |
| 2003-2004 | Consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Sri Lanka peace process |
| 2005- | Chair of the Norwegian Institute for Research of Cultural Heritage |
| 2002-2005 | Member of the Regional Health Board of East Norway |
| 2002-2005 | Chair of Norwegian National Board for Seniors |
| 1997-2001 | President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| 1995 | President of the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva |
| 1993-1999 | President, Norwegian Red Cross |
| 1991 | Elections observer, as member of international commissions (Zambia) by Jimmy Carter |
| 1992 | Elections observer, as member of international commissions (Georgia) by Jimmy Carter |
| 1985-2007 | Member of the Judging Committee for Leo and Lisl Eitinger's Prize |
| 1989 | Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly |
| 1989-1993 | Norwegian representative to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| 1974- | Member of various National Boards and Councils for Health, Research and Humanities |