Kjersti Graver

Kjersti Graver (8 October 1945 – 14 February 2009) was a Norwegian jurist.

Personal life

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

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.[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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kjersti Graver". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
  2. Møller, Tryggve Juul, ed. (1966). "Graver, Odd". Studentene fra 1941 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Bokkomiteen for Studentene fra 1941. p. 188.
  3. "60 år 8. oktober: Lagdommer Kjersti Graver" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 16 September 2005.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kjersti Graver 50 år 8. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 16 September 2005.
  5. Meland, Astrid (25 January 2008). "De forbød skateboard i Norge". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  6. "Kjersti Graver er død". Norwegian News Agency. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Hans Petter Lundgaard
Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman
19871995
Succeeded by
Torfinn Bjarkøy


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