Inger-Else "Ingse" Stabel (born 14 December 1946) is a Norwegian judge.
She was born in
Oslo
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as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice
Carl Ludovico Stabel (1912–1988) and Karen Andrea Elisabeth Eide (1914–2001). She is a niece of
Fredrik Stabel. She family moved from
Tøyen
Tøyen is a residential area in the central parts of Oslo, Norway, part of the borough of Gamle Oslo.
Location
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to
Bygdøy
Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy is part of the borough of Frogner. It historically was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948.
Bygdøy is a popular recr ...
when Stabel was 8 years old, and she
finished her secondary education at
Oslo Cathedral School
Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta", in 1965. In 1971 she graduated with the
cand.jur.
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The de ...
degree from the
University of Oslo
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. Between March 1970 and 1985 she was married to Jo Piene;
she is now married to
Knut Brofoss,
a son of
Erik Brofoss
Erik Brofoss (21 June 1908 – 7 May 1979) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.
Brofoss was born in Kongsberg. In his younger days he was an athlete who competed national level in the 100 metres. He represented Kongsbe ...
.
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She started working in the ]Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security () is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic ...
in 1971.[ She was promoted gradually to assistant secretary in 1978, and from 1983 to 1986 she was a legal adviser. She was an acting presiding judge in ]Eidsivating Court of Appeal
The Eidsivating Court of Appeal () is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Hamar, with jurisdiction over the Eidsivating judicial district (), comprising the counties of Innlandet, Østfold, a ...
for a brief period in 1986, before working in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway Established in 1816, the Office of the Attorney General of Norway () is the legal advisor to the government. The attorney general assists the executive branch of government with judicial questions and to conduct civil legal trials. The office is a b ...
from 1986 to 1988.[
In 1988 she left this position to become ]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 Nor ...
. She served one six-year term.[ She made a mark by supporting gender quotas.][
In 1994 she was appointed as presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal. After the ]Borgarting Court of Appeal
The Borgarting Court of Appeal () is one of six intermediate courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Oslo. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Oslo, Buskerud, and parts of Akershus and Østfold. ...
was split from Eidsivating in 1995, Stabel worked in Borgarting. Also, from 1994 to 1997 she was a judge in the Labour Court of Norway
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
,[ later serving as a deputy until 2002. She was also a member of the ]Lund Commission
The Lund Report (Official title: "Dokument nr. 15 (1995-96) - Rapport til Stortinget fra kommisjonen som ble nedsatt av Stortinget for å granske påstander om ulovlig overvåking av norske borgere", in English: "Document no. 15 (1995-96) - Repor ...
from 1994 to 1996, chaired the committees that delivered the Norwegian Official Report
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The first NOU was commissioned in 1972, ...
s 2001:14 and 2000:11, and was a committee member for the Norwegian Official Report 1991:6.[
She chaired the ]National Insurance Court The National Insurance Court () is an appeals court for welfare cases in Norway.
It was established by law on 16 December 1966. Its purpose is to judge in cases, where decisions by (mainly) the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service have been appeale ...
from 1997 to 2001, and has been a Supreme Court Justice
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of ...
from 2001[ to her retirement at age 70.
]
References
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1946 births
Living people
Judges from Oslo
University of Oslo alumni
Directors of government agencies of Norway
Ombudsmen in Norway
Supreme Court of Norway justices
Norwegian women judges