Date of
birth: 18 February1954
Marital status: married, four children
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Political posts
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2005-
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Minister of the Environment, Jens
Stoltenberg’s second government
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1996-1998
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Member of the Socialist Left Party’s
National Executive Committee
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1993-1997
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Leader and Deputy Leader of Buskerud
Socialist Left Party
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Work experience
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1999-2005
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Secretary General, Church City
Mission
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1991-1999
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Lecturer, Lovisenberg College of
Nursing
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1987-1991
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Priest, Tangen Church, Drammen
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1985-1987
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Curate, Tromsø Cathedral
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1982-1985
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District Secretary, Norwegian
YWCA/YMCA for Troms district
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Education
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1980
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Degree in theology and ministry,
Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology
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1981
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Ordained as priest in the Church of
Norway
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Other appointments
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2004-2005
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Deputy Board Member of the Faculty
of Theology, University of Oslo
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2004-2005
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Member of the National Council
on health care prioritisation
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2004-2005
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Deputy Chairman of the Board for
Sykehusapotekene AS
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2004-2005
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Member of the Scrutiny Committee for
the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NRK) business activities
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2003-2005
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Member of the Central Committee of
the Conference of European Churches
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2003-2005
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Member of the Government’s expert
committee on alcohol issues
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2003-2004
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Deputy Chairman of the Board of
Helse Sør (health care administration for Southern Norway)
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2002-2004
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Deputy Member of the for the
Supervisory Committee for Judges
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2002-2003
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Deputy Chairman of the Board of
Sykehuset Buskerud HF (Buskerud Hospital Trust)
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2000-2003
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Member of the Board of Buskerud
University College
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1999-2004
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Member of the Board of the Centre
for Combating Ethnic Discrimination
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1996-1999
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Member of the Board of the Church
Resource Centre for Battered Women
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1994
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Deputy leader of the No to the EU
movement
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1991-2001
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Member of the Norwegian Press
Council
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