Kjellaug Pettersen

Kjellaug Pettersen (born 5 January 1934 at Andøya, died 11 November 2012) was a Norwegian teacher, government official and feminist leader.

She worked as a teacher and headmistress of Bygdøy School from 1979 to 1988. In 1981 she was appointed by the Ministry of Education as a member of an expert committee on gender equality, and in 1991 she became director of the gender equality secretariat within the Ministry of Education. She later served as a special adviser in the Ministry of Education.[1][2][3][4]

She was a co-founder of the Women's University in 1983 and was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1994 to 1998. She was a deputy member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' committee on human rights from 1994 to 1995.[5]

Publications

References

  1. Obituary, Aftenposten, 30 November 2012, p. 15
  2. Gitte Johannessen, "Gutter er gutter og piker er stille," Aftenposten Aften, 23 September 1987, p. 17
  3. Aud Langbo, "Kvinnehøvding har gått bort: Kjellaug Pettersen," Kvinnesaksnytt 2/2012
  4. Kjellaug Pettersen, Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
  5. Forvaltningsdatabasen
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