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Gunnar Bergby
Gunnar Bergby (born 28 August 1947) is a Norwegian retired former civil servant. He was secretary-general of the Supreme Court of Norway; this is not a judicial office and not the head of the supreme court, but the head of human resources and support services. He served one term on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; his nomination over a more qualified woman and after the Foreign Ministry had ruled out even considering a woman was controversial and was widely condemned by the women's rights movement and the legal community in the Nordic countries as discriminatory towards women in itself, and was described as an example of radical gender quotas which are banned in Norway. Career in the Norwegian civil service He was born in Oslo, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1974. In 1975, he worked as a research assistant at Aarhus University, after which he was hired as an administrative officer in the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include ''manpower'', ''Labour (human activity), labor'', ''labor-power'', or ''personnel''. In vernacular usage, "human resources" or "human resource" can refer to the human resources department (HR department) of an organization, which performs human resource management, overseeing various aspects of employment, such as compliance with labor law and employment standards, job interview, interviewing and selection, performance management, administration of employee benefits, organizing of employee files with the required documents for future reference, and some aspects of recruitment (also known as talent acquisition), talent management, staff wellbeing, and employee offboarding. They serve as the link between an organization's management and its e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Births
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 – The ''Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, Canadian Citizenship Act'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagens Næringsliv
''(DN)'' ( Norwegian for "''Today's Business Affairs''"), is a Norwegian daily newspaper focusing on economic and business current affairs. it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway by circulation. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, appointed in December 2021 as the newspaper's first female editor. The weekend edition is supplemented by the lifestyle and culture magazine '' D2''. is owned by media conglomerate DN Media Group. It is printed in tabloid and published digitally. ''DN'' has correspondents in New York, Brussels, Stockholm, Phuket, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø. Its main editorial offices are in Oslo. History and profile The paper was founded by Magnus Andersen in 1889 as ''Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende'' (''Norway's Trade and Seafaring Times''), renamed in 1987. The paper has a liberal political stance and is headquartered in Oslo. The paper is printed in tabloid. The circulation of was 69,000 copies in 2003. It rose to 81,39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helga Hernes
Helga Marie Hernes (born 16 January 1938) is a German-born Norwegian political scientist, diplomat, and politician for the Labour Party. Educated in the United States, she moved to Norway following her marriage to Norwegian sociologist and politician Gudmund Hernes whom she met during her studies. She was on faculty at the at the University of Bergen from 1970 to 1980 and subsequently held a number of positions in research management. Her research during the 1970s and 1980s focused on international politics, women's studies and the welfare state, and she is well known for her concept of state feminism, articulated in 1987. Her recent research has focused on gender, armed conflict and security, including the implications of the UN resolution on women, peace and security. In 1988 she joined Gro Harlem Brundtland's government as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After leaving the government in 1993 she was Director of the Centre for International Climate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Bostad
Inga Bostad (born 22 August 1963) is a Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator. She served as prorector of the University of Oslo from 2009 to 2013 and as director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights from 2014 to 2017. Biography Bostad received an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Oslo in 1989 with her thesis: ''Om språk, kunnskap og tvil: en analyse av Wittgensteins Über Gewisstheit'' (Language, Knowledge, and Doubt — An Analysis of Wittgenstein's Über Gewissheit). In 2005, she earned a doctorate from the same institution with ''Tro eller tvil – en rekonstruksjon av filosofisk skeptisisme'' (Belief or Doubt — A Reconstruction of Philosophical Scepticism). From 1987 until 1995, she held various editorial positions with ''Kritikkjournalen'', J.W. Cappelens Forlag and Aventura Forlag. In 1990, she became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oslo, becoming Associate Professor in 2005, Vice-Rector in 2006, and Prorector from 2009 to 2013. In January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hege Skjeie
Hege Skjeie (15 May 1955 – 5 October 2018) was a Norwegian political scientist and feminist. Biography She became a Dr. Polit. in political science in 1992 and was hired as associate professor of political science at the University of Oslo in 1997. She was promoted to professor in 2000, and thus became Norway's first female Professor of Political Science. In 2010, she was appointed chairperson of the Equality Commission (also known as the Skjeie Commission) by the Government of Norway, established by a royal decree of 12 February 2010 in order to report on Norway’s equality policies.- - She worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1984 to 1997, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 1988 to 1989. She was adjunct professor at Aalborg University from 2008 to 2012. She was also a columnist for the newspaper ''Dagens Næringsliv ''(DN)'' ( Norwegian for "''Today's Business Affairs''"), is a Norwegian daily newspaper focusing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hellum
Anne Hellum (born 1952) is a Norwegian jurist. She is Professor of Public Law at the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law. Her main areas of expertise are anti-discrimination and equality law, women's law, human rights and international development, sociology of law and African legal issues. Since 2000, she is also director of the Institute of Women's Law, which is part of the Department of Public and International Law. She is also a visiting professor at the University of Zimbabwe, where she has taught since 1989 and where she was involved in establishing the Southern and Eastern African Center for Women's Law. She has been involved in research on the rights of women in Africa since the early 1980s and is an internationally recognised expert in the field, particularly on women's human rights and legal pluralism in Africa with a focus on reproduction, land and water. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byfoged
The was a Danish and Norwegian municipal officer. The title is sometimes translated as 'bailiff', 'magistrate', or 'stipendiary magistrate'. History The was originally the king's representative in the local community, dating back to the 13th century. In Norway, the title dates back to 1337, in Bergen. In the 16th century, he became the head of the town court (') and began to act as a judge. In the 17th century, he began to be appointed by the king; at the same time, in market towns, the magistrate and the were jointly responsible for administration and the administration of justice. The office was usually held by a respected member of the merchant class, and he was often a member of the magistrate, both before and after his time as . Gradually, most of the town's administrative functions were brought together in the office, and during the 18th century he became the first professional civil servant in the local community. His functions were many and varied: He was a judge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Norway
The Supreme Court of Norway ( Norwegian Bokmål: ; Norwegian Nynorsk: ; lit. 'Highest Court') is the highest court in the Norwegian judiciary. It was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, which prescribed an independent judiciary. It is located in the capital Oslo. In addition to serving as the court of final appeal for civil and criminal cases, it can also rule whether the Cabinet has acted in accordance with Norwegian law and whether the Parliament has passed legislation consistent with the Constitution. Appointment process Section 21 of the Norwegian Constitution grants the King of Norway sole authority to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. In Norwegian tradition, however, this section is interpreted as delegating the privilege to the Council of State, i.e. the cabinet. The cabinet makes their appointments on the advice of the Judicial Appointments Board, a body whose members are also appointed by the Council of Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Kolstad
Eva Severine Lundegaard Kolstad (born Eva Severine Lundegaard Hartvig; 6 May 1918 – 26 March 1999) was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Liberal Party. A major figure in the history of liberal feminism and the development of state feminism in the Nordic countries, she pioneered gender equality policies in Norway and at the United Nations. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (1956–1968), member and vice chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1969–1975), Minister of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs of Norway in Korvald's Cabinet (1972–1973), leader of the Liberal Party (1974–1976) and as Norwegian Gender Equality Ombudsman (1978–1988), the first gender equality ombudsman worldwide. Early life Eva Kolstad was born in 1918 in Halden, Norway. She worked as a bookkeeping teacher before becoming active in the cause of women's rights. Career Kolstad was the leader of the Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
