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Kristin Mile
Kristin Mile (born 11 April 1956) is a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and former secretary-general of the Norwegian Humanist Association. She graduated as cand.jur. in 1983 and worked for the Directorate of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration before being hired by the Norwegian Gender Equality Ombud in 1995. She headed this organization from 2000 to 2005, and in 2006 she took over as secretary-general in the Norwegian Humanist Association after Lars Gule Lars Gule (born 24 June 1955) is a Norwegian philosopher. He has graduated with a doctorate in philosophy, and is an associate professor (at Oslo Metropolitan University). From 2000 to 2005 he was secretary general of the Norwegian Humanist Asso ..., retiring in 2018. She held the position till 2018. References 1956 births Living people Norwegian jurists Directors of government agencies of Norway Ombudsmen in Norway Norwegian humanists {{Norway-law-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Humanist Association
The Norwegian Humanist Association (; HEF) is one of the largest secular humanist associations in the world, with over 130,000 members. Those members constitute 2.3% of the national population of 5.47 million, making HEF by far the largest such association in the world in proportion to population. The association publishes the magazine '' Fri tanke'' (Free Thought). History and activities Founded in 1956, the HEF is a member of the Humanists International (HI). The Norwegian Humanist Association is an organisation for people who base their ethics on human, not religious values. Most of its members are agnostics or atheists. HEF supports the following statement of the IHEU: :Humanism is a democratic, non-theistic and ethical life stance which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their lives and therefore reject supernatural views of reality. Former HEF secretary general, Levi Fragell, was president of the IHEU (1988–2003) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority () is a Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Labour. It is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Working Environment Act, the Annual Holidays Act, the National Holidays Act, and certain sections of the Smoking Act. The organization consists of a Directorate (''Direktoratet for Arbeidstilsynet'') based in Trondheim, seven regional offices and sixteen local offices spread around the country. The heads of the Directorate, and thereby of the whole organization, have been Olav Hindahl (1946–1963), Bjarne Dahlberg (1963–1977), Odd Højdahl Odd Højdahl (5 January 1921 – 23 February 1994) was a Norway, Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He was born in Oslo. In 1971–1972 he was the Minister of Social Affairs (Norway), Mi ... (1977–1988), Dagfinn Habberstad (1988–1994), Ivar Leveraas (1994–2006), Ingrid Finboe Svendsen (2006–2016) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Directorate Of Immigration
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania, USA Norsk * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Gender Equality Ombud
The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud () is a Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality and Anti-discrimination law, anti-discrimination, and is appointed for a term of six years by the King-in-Council, in effect by the Government of Norway. The ombudsman heads the similarly named government agency. The office was established by the Norwegian government in 2006 as the successor of the Gender Equality Ombud (established 1978), the Centre for Gender Equality (established 1997) and the Centre Against Ethnic Discrimination (established 1998). The Centre for Gender Equality was itself a continuation of the Council for Gender Equality, established as a public body in 1972 on the proposal of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (NKF). Former NKF President Eva Kolstad was appointed as the first Gender Equality Ombud in 1978, becoming the first person worldwide to hold such a role. The current ombudsman is Hanne Bjurstrøm, a lawyer, former cabinet minister for the Labour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Gule
Lars Gule (born 24 June 1955) is a Norwegian philosopher. He has graduated with a doctorate in philosophy, and is an associate professor (at Oslo Metropolitan University). From 2000 to 2005 he was secretary general of the Norwegian Humanist Association. Gule became known to the general public in 1977 when after having joined the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP group, Gule was arrested in Beirut, Lebanon with Semtex in his luggage intended for Israeli targets leading to a six-month conviction and subsequent deportation. He remains active as a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, anti-Israel activist. Gule is often used by Media of Norway, Norwegian media as an authority on questions regarding the Middle East, Islam and extremism. Education and professional life Lars Gule studied history, philosophy and social science at the University of Bergen and received his doctoral degree in philosophy (doctor artium) at the same university in 2003 when he defended the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Lise Ryel
Anne Lise Ryel (born 7 June 1958) is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Tromsø, she graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1987. In 1994 she became the new Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality, taking over for Ingse Stabel. She held this position until 2000. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Ryel was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. She held the position until the 2001 election, which caused the cabinet to fall. Ryel later became general director of the Norwegian Cancer Association. From 2007 to 2009 she is a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises. She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate Gangås
Beate Gangås (born 24 April 1963) is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant. She is currently the director of the Norwegian Police Security Service since 2022. She previously served as the Oslo Chief of Police from 2019 to 2022. She was born in Asker. In her younger days, she played football for Asker Fotball, Asker. She graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1991. She worked for the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1991 to 1992, served as a police prosecutor in Vest-Finnmark in 1992 before being hired in the Oslo police. From 2001 to 2006, she worked in the National Police Directorate. In 2006, she was appointed as the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud, a merger between the Centre for Equality, the Equality Ombud and the Centre Against Ethnic Discrimination. She became the chief of police in Østfold Police District in 2010, and in Oslo Police District in 2019. In October 2022, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trond Enger
Trond is a Norwegian male given name. The base of the name, Tron'r (Þróndr or Þrándr), is Old Norse and means "to grow and thrive" (þroásk)17785 peoplein Norway have Trond as their first name, making it the 23rd most used name (2008). The name is connected to one of the largest subgroups of Norwegians, the Trønders of Trøndelag, but also in connection with people from Trondheim. The name Trond may refer to: People * Trond Abrahamsen (born 1960), Norwegian ice hockey player * Trond Amundsen (born 1957), Norwegian biologist * Trond Amundsen (born 1971), Norwegian football coach * Trond Andersen (born 1975), Norwegian footballer * Trond Andresen (born 1947), Norwegian engineer and political activist * Trond Fausa Aurvåg (born 1972), Norwegian actor * Trond Barthel (born 1970), Norwegian pole vaulter * Trond Berg (born 1934), Norwegian cell physiologist *Trond Bergh (born 1946), Norwegian historian *Trond Bersu (born 1984), Norwegian drummer and producer * Trond Erik Bertels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic Austria–Israel relations, relations. * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Norwegian Jurists
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania, USA Norsk * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
