Beate Gangås

Beate Gangås, 2008.

Beate Gangås (born 24 April 1963) is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant.

She was born in Asker.[1] She graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1991. She worked for the Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1991 to 1992, served as a police prosecutor in Vest-Finnmark in 1992 before being hired in the Oslo police. From 2001 to 2006 she worked in the National Police Directorate. In 2006 she was appointed as the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud,[2] a merger between the Centre for Equality, the Equality Ombud and the Centre Against Ethnic Discrimination.[3] She became the chief of police in Østfold Police District in 2010.

References

  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Beate Gangås". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. Åmås, Knut Olav, ed. (2008). "Gangås, Beate". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 170. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.
  3. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Likestillings- og diskrimineringsombudet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Kristin Mile
Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud
20062009
Succeeded by
Sunniva Ørstavik


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