Inger Elise Birkeland (born 1954 in Årdal) is a Norwegian civil servant and Labour Party politician. Since 2005 she has served as Director of the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, a government-owned research institute. She was a political adviser to Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in the Prime Minister's Office from 1992 to 1996.[1][2] She was also a member of the Oslo city council from 1992 to 1996. She worked as a civil servant at the Norwegian Directorate of Health from 1978 to 1983, at the Royal Ministry of Health from 1997 to 1998 and as a consultant at IBM Global Services from 1998 to 2005.[3]
Inger Elise Birkeland | |
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Director of the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies | |
Assumed office 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Political party | Labour Party |
References
edit- ^ "Ny rådgiver hos statsministeren" [Press release from the Prime Minister's Office: New political adviser to the Prime Minister] (PDF). Prime Minister's Office. 14 July 1992.
- ^ "Klart for Arbeiderpartiets Spice Girls". Dagbladet. 14 March 2000.
- ^ "Birkeland, Inger Elise". Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies.