Kjersti Graver
Kjersti Graver (8 October 1945 – 14 February 2009) was a Norwegian jurist.
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Oslo[1] as the oldest child of Gerd and Odd Graver. She was a granddaughter of Torjus Graver[2] and niece of Petter Graver.
She was married to Supreme Court Justice Lars Oftedal Broch, grandson of Lars Oftedal.[1] They resided at Jar.[3]
Career
[edit]She took her law degree in 1970. After serving as a deputy judge and working in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration,[4] she was hired as a head of department in the Norwegian Consumer Council in 1979.[1] From 1984 to 1987 she worked for the Dutch Consumer Research Institute.[4]
She served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1987 to 1995.[1] During this period she was behind a prohibition of the skateboard in Norway, before it was lifted in 1989.[5] In 1995 she was appointed as a presiding judge in the Borgarting Court of Appeal.[1]
She was also a board member of the National Institute for Consumer Research,[4] Amnesty International Norway and a member of the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee. She died in February 2009.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Kjersti Graver". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 22 January 2023.
- ^ Møller, Tryggve Juul, ed. (1966). "Graver, Odd". Studentene fra 1941 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Bokkomiteen for Studentene fra 1941. p. 188.
- ^ "60 år 8. oktober: Lagdommer Kjersti Graver" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 16 September 2005.
- ^ a b c "Kjersti Graver 50 år 8. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 16 September 2005.
- ^ Meland, Astrid (25 January 2008). "De forbød skateboard i Norge". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ "Kjersti Graver er død". Norwegian News Agency. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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