Liv Løberg (born 28 May 1949; former names Liv Else Lindeløf and Liv Ranes-Kendall) is a Norwegian

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, a former

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for the Progress Party and a convicted felon. Her name came to mass media attention in Norway in June 2010 when it was revealed that she had forged her CV, this being accentuated by the fact that she was an

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working at the Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel (SAFH). On 24 April 2012, she was convicted of

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and sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Education

Løberg dropped out of high school and has completed one year of

(''hjelpepleier'') education at Aker Hospital in Norway in 1969.

False degrees

She also claimed to be a

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(''sykepleier'') and have degrees from the "London School of Economics and Public Administration" (a misunderstanding of the name of the

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) and

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and a

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(Candidate of Commerce) degree from Norges Handelshøyskole (Norwegian School of Commerce).

Work

From 1994 to 1998 Løberg was the

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office manager of the

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St. Hanshaugen-Ullevål. She was chief of staff at the

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from 1998 to 2000, and head of the economics department at Oslo Orthopedic University Clinic, before becoming division director at

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's Laboratory Technical Division. In 2004 she became special advisor, before getting hired as office chief at

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. She was office chief at the Institute for Production Animal Medicine in 2007–2008. In June 2010 Løberg stepped down as an office manager at SAFH after it was revealed she had forged two English and one Norwegian certificates. Norwegian newspaper ''

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'' had revealed the case in June 2010, and Løberg withdrew immediately.

Politics

Løberg served as a deputy representative to the

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for the constituency

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during the terms 2001–2005 and 2009–2013. She was also member of

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and Akershus

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for the Progress Party and vice head of Akershus Progress Party until 4 July 2010. She was the party's mayoral candidate in Vestby in 2007.

Criminal conviction

The trial of Løberg for fraud and falsifying documents started on 10 April 2012. Her testimony stated that a co-worker had access to her personnel file and started investigating her educational background, and later turned over he falsifieddocumentation of educational achievement to a journalist at ''

''. On 24 April 2012, Liv Løberg was convicted by

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for fraud and for falsifying documents, and sentenced to 14 months in prison, of which nine must be served. She was also sentenced to pay one million NOK.

Family

She is married to Gerrit Løberg, Chief of Security (''sikkerhetssjef'') at the

References

External links

Sent a letter of concern. Eleven "top leaders" at the hospital sent a grave letter of concern when Løberg was a ''divisjonsdirektør'' at the hospital
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loberg, Liv 1949 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian criminals Norwegian female criminals Norwegian fraudsters Norwegian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Norway Deputy members of the Storting Akershus politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians People from Vestby 2010 in Norway Norwegian health professionals People who fabricated academic degrees